Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion 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

$8,662.05

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.

$8,662.05

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.

$1,101.15 with United vs $7,795.84 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 $1,101.15 ↓ -87%
Simply MGMCR $1,333.96 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $1,645.79 ↓ -81%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,977.79 ↓ -77%
Prime Health WC $2,019.42 ↓ -77%
AvMed HMOFI $2,078.89 ↓ -76%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $2,081.88 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $2,104.88 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2,208.82 ↓ -75%
AvMed ASOEO $2,425.37 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $2,598.61 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $2,771.86 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $3,291.58 ↓ -62%
Humana HMO $3,291.58 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3,897.92 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $4,331.02 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $4,331.02 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $4,331.02 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $4,331.02 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Primary $6,756.40 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Complementary $7,362.74 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $7,362.74 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $7,362.74 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $7,795.84 ↓ -10%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $784.40 $540.30 – $1,158.73
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,295.84 $538.66 – $946.34
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $4,072.49 $567.01 – $1,258.77
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,373.45 $538.66 – $1,211.08
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $3,878.56 $567.01 – $1,258.77
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,016.09 $538.66 – $1,238.64
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $3,594.46 $567.01 – $1,035.36
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