Procalcitonin 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

$210.70

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.

$210.70

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.

$24.67 with Humana vs $189.63 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 $24.67 ↓ -88%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $26.68 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $27.22 ↓ -87%
Humana MGMCRHMO $27.22 ↓ -87%
Humana MGMCRPPO $27.22 ↓ -87%
United VACCN $27.22 ↓ -87%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $27.22 ↓ -87%
Wellmed MGMCR $27.22 ↓ -87%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $27.22 ↓ -87%
Hospice Big Bend FED $27.22 ↓ -87%
BCBS MCRHMO $27.76 ↓ -87%
United MCR $27.76 ↓ -87%
BCBS MCRPPO $27.76 ↓ -87%
Aetna MCR $27.90 ↓ -87%
WellCare MCR $28.58 ↓ -86%
Sunshine State MCR $28.58 ↓ -86%
American Health Plan MCR $28.85 ↓ -86%
Florida Complete Care MCR $29.13 ↓ -86%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $29.13 ↓ -86%
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $29.13 ↓ -86%
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $29.67 ↓ -86%
Clear Spring Health MCR $29.94 ↓ -86%
Centurion GVT $29.94 ↓ -86%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $31.30 ↓ -85%
Simply MGMCR $32.45 ↓ -85%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $32.66 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $36.75 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $40.03 ↓ -81%
Simply Healthcare HIX $42.46 ↓ -80%
AvMed HMOFI $50.57 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $51.20 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $53.73 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $59.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $63.21 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $67.42 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $80.07 ↓ -62%
Humana HMO $80.07 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $94.81 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $105.35 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $105.35 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $105.35 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $105.35 ↓ -50%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $127.92 ↓ -39%
Prime Health WC $130.61 ↓ -38%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $134.65 ↓ -36%
Multiplan Primary $164.35 ↓ -22%
PPO Next PPO $179.09 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Complementary $179.09 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $179.09 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $189.63 ↓ -10%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Procalcitonin at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $138.31 $27.22 – $101.96
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $255.82 $25.86 – $45.43
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $255.82 $27.22 – $60.43
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $255.82 $25.86 – $58.14
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $197.94 $27.22 – $60.43
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Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $181.42 $27.22 – $49.70
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