Ph body fluid 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.

$0.51 with Simply vs $52.73 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 $0.51
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $0.63
AvMed HMOFI $0.79
United OptionsPPO $0.80
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $0.84
AvMed ASOEO $0.92
Aetna ASA $0.99
Molina Healthcare HIX $1.06
Humana HMO $1.25
Humana PPO $1.25
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1.49
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $1.65
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1.65
AvMed HIXOON $1.65
Plotkin Health COMM $1.65
Multiplan Primary $2.57
Multiplan Complementary $2.81
PPO Next PPO $2.81
PPO Next COMM $2.81
NovaNet COMM $2.97
Humana TRICARE $3.25
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $3.51
United VACCN $3.58
United AllPayerAppendix $3.58
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $3.58
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $3.58
Hospice Big Bend FED $3.58
Humana MGMCRHMO $3.58
Wellmed MGMCR $3.58
Humana MGMCRPPO $3.58
BCBS MCRHMO $3.65
BCBS MCRPPO $3.65
United MCR $3.65
Aetna MCR $3.67
Sunshine State MCR $3.76
WellCare MCR $3.76
American Health Plan MCR $3.79
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $3.83
Florida Complete Care MCR $3.83
Align Senior Care MGMCR $3.83
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $3.90
Clear Spring Health MCR $3.94
Centurion GVT $3.94
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $4.12
Longevity Health Plan MCR $4.30
Oscar HIX $4.83
Simply Healthcare HIX $5.58
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $50.09
Prime Health WC $51.15
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $52.73
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $26.20 $3.58 – $14.04
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Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $211.04 $3.58 – $7.95
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Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $23.37 $3.58 – $6.54
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