Natriuretic peptide 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.

$0.16 with Simply vs $179.85 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 $0.16
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $0.20
AvMed HMOFI $0.25
United OptionsPPO $0.26
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $0.27
AvMed ASOEO $0.29
Aetna ASA $0.32
Molina Healthcare HIX $0.34
Humana HMO $0.40
Humana PPO $0.40
United GlobalBenefitPlan $0.47
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $0.53
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $0.53
AvMed HIXOON $0.53
Plotkin Health COMM $0.53
Multiplan Primary $0.82
Multiplan Complementary $0.89
PPO Next PPO $0.89
PPO Next COMM $0.89
NovaNet COMM $0.94
Humana TRICARE $35.58
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $38.47
United VACCN $39.26
United AllPayerAppendix $39.26
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $39.26
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $39.26
Hospice Big Bend FED $39.26
Humana MGMCRHMO $39.26
Wellmed MGMCR $39.26
Humana MGMCRPPO $39.26
BCBS MCRHMO $40.05
BCBS MCRPPO $40.05
United MCR $40.05
Aetna MCR $40.24
Sunshine State MCR $41.22
WellCare MCR $41.22
American Health Plan MCR $41.62
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $42.01
Florida Complete Care MCR $42.01
Align Senior Care MGMCR $42.01
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $42.79
Clear Spring Health MCR $43.19
Centurion GVT $43.19
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $45.15
Longevity Health Plan MCR $47.11
Oscar HIX $53.00
Simply Healthcare HIX $61.25
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $170.86
Prime Health WC $174.45
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $179.85
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Natriuretic peptide at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $136.18 $39.26 – $147.84
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $363.95 $37.30 – $65.52
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $429.23 $39.26 – $87.16
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $363.95 $37.30 – $83.86
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $443.15 $39.26 – $87.16
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $311.96 $37.30 – $85.76
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $1,739.00 $31.41 – $187.25
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $290.51 $39.26 – $71.69

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