Homogenization tissue 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

$6.15

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.

$6.15

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.

$0.95 with Simply vs $59.32 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 $0.95 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $1.17 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $1.48 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $1.49 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1.57 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $1.72 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $1.84 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1.97 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $2.34 ↓ -62%
Humana PPO $2.34 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2.77 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $3.08 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $3.08 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $3.08 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $3.08 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Primary $4.80 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Complementary $5.23 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $5.23 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $5.23 ↓ -15%
Humana TRICARE $5.33 ↓ -13%
NovaNet COMM $5.54 ↓ -10%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $5.76 ↓ -6%
United VACCN $5.88 ↓ -4%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.88 ↓ -4%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $5.88 ↓ -4%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $5.88 ↓ -4%
Hospice Big Bend FED $5.88 ↓ -4%
Humana MGMCRHMO $5.88 ↓ -4%
Wellmed MGMCR $5.88 ↓ -4%
Humana MGMCRPPO $5.88 ↓ -4%
BCBS MCRHMO $6.00 ↓ -2%
BCBS MCRPPO $6.00 ↓ -2%
United MCR $6.00 ↓ -2%
Aetna MCR $6.03 ↓ -2%
Sunshine State MCR $6.17 ↑ +0%
WellCare MCR $6.17 ↑ +0%
American Health Plan MCR $6.23 ↑ +1%
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $6.29 ↑ +2%
Florida Complete Care MCR $6.29 ↑ +2%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $6.29 ↑ +2%
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $6.41 ↑ +4%
Clear Spring Health MCR $6.47 ↑ +5%
Centurion GVT $6.47 ↑ +5%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $6.76 ↑ +10%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $7.06 ↑ +15%
Oscar HIX $7.94 ↑ +29%
Simply Healthcare HIX $9.17 ↑ +49%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $56.35 ↑ +816%
Prime Health WC $57.54 ↑ +836%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $59.32 ↑ +865%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Homogenization tissue at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $19.36 $5.88 – $21.68
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $26.51 $5.59 – $9.81
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $27.18 $5.88 – $13.05
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $72.86 $5.59 – $12.56
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $67.46 $5.88 – $13.05
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $55.46 $5.59 – $12.84
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $324.00 $4.70 – $61.76
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $43.09 $5.88 – $10.74

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