Perflutren lipid microspheres 1.1 mg/ml intravenous suspension 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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Gross charge

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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.

$18.58 with BCBS vs $15,000.00 with American Health Plan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
BCBS MCRPPO $18.58
BCBS MCRHMO $18.64
Aetna MCR $21.73
BCBS MBN $36.21
BCBS SBN $36.21
BCBS BSL $36.21
Humana TRICARE $40.62
BCBS NWB $45.97
BCBS PPO $45.97
BCBS HMO $45.97
Simply MGMCR $48.49
United AllPayerAppendix $66.35
United OptionsPPO $76.52
BCBS PHS $79.66
Aetna ASA $94.46
Molina Healthcare HIX $100.76
United GlobalBenefitPlan $141.70
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $157.44
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $157.44
Plotkin Health COMM $157.44
AvMed HIXOON $157.44
Evolutions COMM $173.18
Multiplan Primary $245.61
Multiplan Complementary $267.65
PPO Next COMM $267.65
PPO Next PPO $267.65
NovaNet COMM $283.39
American Health Plan MCR $15,000.00
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Perflutren lipid microspheres 1.1 mg/ml intravenous suspension at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $134.14 $51.09 – $157.18
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $194.22 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $194.22 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $194.22 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $517.93 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $194.22 not published
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $477.00 $41.88 – $66.35
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $130.12 not published

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