Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood 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.

$4.32 with Humana vs $113.94 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 $4.32
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $4.66
United AllPayerAppendix $4.76
Humana MGMCRHMO $4.76
Humana MGMCRPPO $4.76
United VACCN $4.76
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $4.76
Wellmed MGMCR $4.76
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $4.76
Hospice Big Bend FED $4.76
BCBS MCRPPO $4.86
United MCR $4.86
BCBS MCRHMO $4.86
Aetna MCR $4.88
WellCare MCR $5.00
Sunshine State MCR $5.00
American Health Plan MCR $5.05
Florida Complete Care MCR $5.09
Align Senior Care MGMCR $5.09
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $5.09
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $5.19
Centurion GVT $5.24
Clear Spring Health MCR $5.24
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $5.47
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.71
Oscar HIX $6.43
Simply Healthcare HIX $7.43
Simply MGMCR $19.50
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $24.05
AvMed HMOFI $30.38
United OptionsPPO $30.76
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $32.28
AvMed ASOEO $35.45
Aetna ASA $37.98
Molina Healthcare HIX $40.51
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $42.05
Prime Health WC $42.93
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $44.26
Humana HMO $48.11
Humana PPO $48.11
United GlobalBenefitPlan $56.97
Plotkin Health COMM $63.30
AvMed HIXOON $63.30
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $63.30
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $63.30
Multiplan Primary $98.75
PPO Next PPO $107.61
PPO Next COMM $107.61
Multiplan Complementary $107.61
NovaNet COMM $113.94
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $23.92 $4.76 – $17.84
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $110.26 $4.52 – $7.94
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $307.01 $4.76 – $10.57
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $110.26 $4.52 – $10.17
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $199.63 $4.76 – $10.57
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $94.51 $4.52 – $10.40
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $35.70 $4.76 – $8.69
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