Ground mileage 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

$17.60

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.

$17.60

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.

$1.04 with BCBS vs $15,000.00 with American 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
BCBS MCRPPO $1.04 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRHMO $1.04 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $1.21 ↓ -93%
BCBS SBN $2.02 ↓ -89%
BCBS MBN $2.02 ↓ -89%
BCBS BSL $2.02 ↓ -89%
Oscar HIX $2.29 ↓ -87%
BCBS HMO $2.57 ↓ -85%
BCBS NWB $2.57 ↓ -85%
BCBS PPO $2.57 ↓ -85%
Simply MGMCR $2.71 ↓ -85%
Cigna NBN $3.06 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $3.34 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $4.22 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $4.28 ↓ -76%
BCBS PHS $4.45 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $4.49 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $4.93 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $5.28 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $5.63 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $6.69 ↓ -62%
Humana PPO $6.69 ↓ -62%
Cigna PPO $7.30 ↓ -59%
Cigna ManagedCareHMO $7.30 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $7.92 ↓ -55%
AvMed HIXOON $8.80 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $8.80 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $8.80 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $8.80 ↓ -50%
Evolutions COMM $9.68 ↓ -45%
Aetna QHP $10.00 ↓ -43%
Aetna HMO $10.00 ↓ -43%
Aetna PPO $10.00 ↓ -43%
Multiplan Primary $13.73 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Complementary $14.96 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $14.96 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $14.96 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $15.84 ↓ -10%
American Health Plan MCR $15,000.00 ↑ +85127%

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