#fecal-sodium 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

$5.10

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.

$5.10

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.

$0.79 with Simply vs $72.50 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 $0.79 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $0.97 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $1.22 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $1.24 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1.30 ↓ -75%
AvMed ASOEO $1.43 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $1.53 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1.63 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $1.94 ↓ -62%
Humana PPO $1.94 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2.29 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $2.55 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $2.55 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $2.55 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $2.55 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Primary $3.98 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Complementary $4.33 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $4.33 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $4.33 ↓ -15%
Humana TRICARE $4.40 ↓ -14%
NovaNet COMM $4.59 ↓ -10%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $4.76 ↓ -7%
United VACCN $4.86 ↓ -5%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.86 ↓ -5%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $4.86 ↓ -5%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $4.86 ↓ -5%
Hospice Big Bend FED $4.86 ↓ -5%
Humana MGMCRHMO $4.86 ↓ -5%
Wellmed MGMCR $4.86 ↓ -5%
Humana MGMCRPPO $4.86 ↓ -5%
BCBS MCRHMO $4.96 ↓ -3%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.96 ↓ -3%
United MCR $4.96 ↓ -3%
Aetna MCR $4.98 ↓ -2%
Sunshine State MCR $5.10 ↑ +0%
WellCare MCR $5.10 ↑ +0%
American Health Plan MCR $5.15 ↑ +1%
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $5.20 ↑ +2%
Florida Complete Care MCR $5.20 ↑ +2%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $5.20 ↑ +2%
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $5.30 ↑ +4%
Clear Spring Health MCR $5.35 ↑ +5%
Centurion GVT $5.35 ↑ +5%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $5.59 ↑ +10%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.83 ↑ +14%
Oscar HIX $6.56 ↑ +29%
Simply Healthcare HIX $7.58 ↑ +49%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $68.88 ↑ +1251%
Prime Health WC $70.33 ↑ +1279%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $72.50 ↑ +1322%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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#fecal-sodium at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $5.08 $4.86 – $17.84
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $60.82 $4.62 – $8.11
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $35.05 $4.62 – $10.38
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $75.01 $4.86 – $10.79
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $30.04 $4.62 – $10.62
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $348.00 $3.89 – $75.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $32.28 $4.86 – $8.87
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $29.25 $2.59 – $9.35

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