Fees w/laryngeal sense test 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.

$173.85 with CorVel Corporation vs $267.24 with Longevity Health Plan — 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 $173.85
Prime Health WC $177.51
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $183.00
Humana TRICARE $209.87
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $218.25
Hospice Big Bend FED $222.70
Humana MGMCRHMO $222.70
Humana MGMCRPPO $222.70
United VACCN $222.70
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $222.70
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $222.70
Wellmed MGMCR $222.70
United MCR $227.15
BCBS MCRPPO $227.15
BCBS MCRHMO $227.15
Aetna MCR $228.27
Sunshine State MCR $233.84
WellCare MCR $233.84
American Health Plan MCR $236.06
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $238.29
Align Senior Care MGMCR $238.29
Florida Complete Care MCR $238.29
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $242.74
Clear Spring Health MCR $244.97
Centurion GVT $244.97
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $256.10
Longevity Health Plan MCR $267.24

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Fees w/laryngeal sense test at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City not published $216.37 – $400.28
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $488.80 $48.01 – $443.70
martin north hospital Stuart $488.80 $75.56 – $564.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $488.80 $48.01 – $639.20
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $506.35 $134.77 – $701.10
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $506.35 $167.00 – $701.10
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $506.35 $136.33 – $701.10
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $506.35 $135.55 – $701.10

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