External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells 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

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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.

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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.

$42.79 with Simply vs $250.07 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
Simply MGMCR $42.79
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $52.79
AvMed HMOFI $66.68
United OptionsPPO $67.52
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $70.85
AvMed ASOEO $77.80
Aetna ASA $83.36
Molina Healthcare HIX $88.91
Humana PPO $105.58
Humana HMO $105.58
United GlobalBenefitPlan $125.03
Humana TRICARE $131.07
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $138.93
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $138.93
AvMed HIXOON $138.93
Plotkin Health COMM $138.93
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $141.72
Hospice Big Bend FED $144.61
Humana MGMCRHMO $144.61
Humana MGMCRPPO $144.61
United VACCN $144.61
United AllPayerAppendix $144.61
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $144.61
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $144.61
Wellmed MGMCR $144.61
BCBS MCRPPO $147.50
BCBS MCRHMO $147.50
United MCR $147.50
Aetna MCR $148.23
WellCare MCR $151.84
Sunshine State MCR $151.84
American Health Plan MCR $153.29
Florida Complete Care MCR $154.73
Align Senior Care MGMCR $154.73
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $154.73
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $157.62
Centurion GVT $159.07
Clear Spring Health MCR $159.07
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $166.30
Longevity Health Plan MCR $173.53
Oscar HIX $195.22
Multiplan Primary $216.72
Simply Healthcare HIX $225.59
PPO Next COMM $236.17
Multiplan Complementary $236.17
PPO Next PPO $236.17
NovaNet COMM $250.07
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City not published $144.61 – $544.08
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $715.81 $137.38 – $241.35
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $770.88 $137.38 – $308.87
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $645.98 $144.61 – $321.03
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $525.91 $137.38 – $315.90
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,068.48 $144.61 – $264.06
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $422.50 $47.50 – $190.00
martin north hospital Stuart $422.50 $42.49 – $159.07

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