Esoph imped funct test > 1hr at HCA FLORIDA GULF COAST HOSPITAL

449 WEST 23RD STREET, PANAMA CITY, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1699721589

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$6,210.50

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$6,210.50

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$386.65 with CorVel Corporation vs $5,589.45 with NovaNet — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $386.65 ↓ -94%
Prime Health WC $394.79 ↓ -94%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $407.00 ↓ -93%
BCBS MBN $714.21 ↓ -88%
BCBS SBN $714.21 ↓ -88%
BCBS BSL $714.21 ↓ -88%
BCBS HMO $906.73 ↓ -85%
BCBS NWB $906.73 ↓ -85%
BCBS PPO $906.73 ↓ -85%
Simply MGMCR $956.42 ↓ -85%
Cigna NBN $1,080.63 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $1,179.99 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $1,490.52 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $1,509.15 ↓ -76%
BCBS PHS $1,571.26 ↓ -75%
Simply Healthcare HIX $1,735.00 ↓ -72%
AvMed ASOEO $1,738.94 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $1,863.15 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,987.36 ↓ -68%
Oscar HIX $2,516.00 ↓ -59%
Cigna ManagedCareHMO $2,577.36 ↓ -58%
Cigna PPO $2,577.36 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,794.72 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $3,105.25 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $3,105.25 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $3,105.25 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $3,105.25 ↓ -50%
United AllPayerAppendix $4,128.00 ↓ -34%
Evolutions COMM $4,530.00 ↓ -27%
Multiplan Primary $4,844.19 ↓ -22%
PPO Next COMM $5,278.93 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $5,278.93 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Complementary $5,278.93 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $5,589.45 ↓ -10%

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