MRI upper extremity w/dye 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.

$828.27 with United vs $7,404.16 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
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Aetna QHP $1,256.00
Simply MGMCR $1,266.93
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $1,563.10
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,615.50
Prime Health WC $1,649.51
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $1,700.53
Aetna HMO $1,885.00
Aetna PPO $1,885.00
United OptionsPPO $1,999.12
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2,097.85
Aetna ASA $2,468.05
Molina Healthcare HIX $2,632.59
AvMed HMOFI $3,110.00
AvMed ASOEO $3,418.00
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3,702.08
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $4,113.43
Plotkin Health COMM $4,113.43
AvMed HIXOON $4,113.43
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $4,113.43
Multiplan Primary $6,416.94
PPO Next COMM $6,992.82
Multiplan Complementary $6,992.82
PPO Next PPO $6,992.82
NovaNet COMM $7,404.16

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MRI upper extremity w/dye at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $730.40 $358.48 – $976.74
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $5,673.90 $364.32 – $808.79
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,770.21 $346.11 – $977.98
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $7,467.12 $364.32 – $665.25
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,423.20 $67.61 – $2,618.00
martin north hospital Stuart $2,002.00 $60.50 – $1,540.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $2,002.00 $72.36 – $2,464.00
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $3,191.50 $173.17 – $4,419.00

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