Fat/lipids feces qualitative 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.

$1.70 with Simply vs $55.55 with Careworks (Rockport Community) — 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 $1.70
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $2.10
AvMed HMOFI $2.65
United OptionsPPO $2.69
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2.82
AvMed ASOEO $3.09
Aetna ASA $3.31
Molina Healthcare HIX $3.54
Humana PPO $4.20
Humana HMO $4.20
Humana TRICARE $4.63
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4.97
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $5.00
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $5.10
Humana MGMCRHMO $5.10
Humana MGMCRPPO $5.10
United VACCN $5.10
United AllPayerAppendix $5.10
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $5.10
Wellmed MGMCR $5.10
Hospice Big Bend FED $5.10
United MCR $5.20
BCBS MCRHMO $5.20
BCBS MCRPPO $5.20
Aetna MCR $5.23
WellCare MCR $5.35
Sunshine State MCR $5.35
American Health Plan MCR $5.41
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $5.46
Align Senior Care MGMCR $5.46
Florida Complete Care MCR $5.46
AvMed HIXOON $5.53
Plotkin Health COMM $5.53
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $5.53
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $5.53
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $5.56
Centurion GVT $5.61
Clear Spring Health MCR $5.61
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $5.86
Longevity Health Plan MCR $6.12
Oscar HIX $6.88
Simply Healthcare HIX $7.96
Multiplan Primary $8.62
PPO Next COMM $9.39
PPO Next PPO $9.39
Multiplan Complementary $9.39
NovaNet COMM $9.95
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $52.77
Prime Health WC $53.88
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $55.55
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Fat/lipids feces qualitative at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $5.65 $5.10 – $19.12
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $6.52 $4.84 – $8.51
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $16.07 $5.10 – $11.32
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $6.52 $4.84 – $10.89
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $120.26 $5.10 – $11.32
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $38.84 $4.84 – $11.14
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $20.00 $5.10 – $9.31
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