Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation 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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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.

$25.65 with CorVel Corporation vs $581.17 with NovaNet — 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 $25.65
Prime Health WC $26.19
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $27.00
BCBS MBN $74.26
BCBS SBN $74.26
BCBS BSL $74.26
Oscar HIX $83.95
BCBS PPO $94.28
BCBS HMO $94.28
BCBS NWB $94.28
Aetna QHP $98.15
Simply MGMCR $99.45
Simply Healthcare HIX $107.84
Cigna NBN $112.36
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $122.69
Aetna HMO $136.25
Aetna PPO $136.25
AvMed HMOFI $154.98
United OptionsPPO $156.92
BCBS PHS $163.37
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $164.67
AvMed ASOEO $180.81
Aetna ASA $193.72
Molina Healthcare HIX $206.64
Humana HMO $245.38
Humana PPO $245.38
Cigna PPO $267.99
Cigna ManagedCareHMO $267.99
United GlobalBenefitPlan $290.59
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $322.88
Plotkin Health COMM $322.88
AvMed HIXOON $322.88
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $322.88
Multiplan Primary $503.69
PPO Next COMM $548.89
Multiplan Complementary $548.89
PPO Next PPO $548.89
NovaNet COMM $581.17

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Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City not published $129.39 – $239.37
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $430.94 $131.99 – $231.89
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $333.94 $138.94 – $308.45
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $424.40 $131.99 – $296.76
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $389.59 $138.94 – $308.45
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $247.62 $131.99 – $303.51
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $250.00 $25.65 – $26.19
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $540.40 $138.94 – $253.70

All Florida hospitals for this procedure →