Platelet automated 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.

$4.06 with Humana vs $364.19 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
Humana TRICARE $4.06
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $4.39
United AllPayerAppendix $4.48
Humana MGMCRHMO $4.48
Humana MGMCRPPO $4.48
United VACCN $4.48
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $4.48
Wellmed MGMCR $4.48
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $4.48
Hospice Big Bend FED $4.48
BCBS MCRPPO $4.57
United MCR $4.57
BCBS MCRHMO $4.57
Aetna MCR $4.59
WellCare MCR $4.70
Sunshine State MCR $4.70
American Health Plan MCR $4.75
Florida Complete Care MCR $4.79
Align Senior Care MGMCR $4.79
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $4.79
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $4.88
Centurion GVT $4.93
Clear Spring Health MCR $4.93
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $5.15
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.38
Oscar HIX $6.05
Simply Healthcare HIX $6.99
Simply MGMCR $62.32
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $76.88
AvMed HMOFI $97.12
United OptionsPPO $98.33
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $103.19
AvMed ASOEO $113.30
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $118.08
Prime Health WC $120.56
Aetna ASA $121.39
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $124.29
Molina Healthcare HIX $129.49
Humana HMO $153.77
Humana PPO $153.77
United GlobalBenefitPlan $182.09
AvMed HIXOON $202.32
Plotkin Health COMM $202.32
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $202.32
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $202.32
Multiplan Primary $315.63
PPO Next COMM $343.95
PPO Next PPO $343.95
Multiplan Complementary $343.95
NovaNet COMM $364.19
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Platelet automated at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $75.89 $4.48 – $16.56
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $58.19 $4.26 – $7.48
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $71.52 $4.26 – $9.57
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $224.39 $4.48 – $9.95
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $54.88 $4.26 – $9.79
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $33.24 $4.48 – $8.18
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $55.90 $1.88 – $73.10
martin north hospital Stuart $55.90 $2.96 – $64.50

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