Protein c activity 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

$15.45

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.

$15.45

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.

$2.38 with Simply vs $84.74 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 $2.38 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $2.94 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $3.71 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $3.75 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3.94 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $4.33 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $4.63 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $4.94 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $5.87 ↓ -62%
Humana HMO $5.87 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $6.95 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $7.72 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $7.72 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $7.72 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $7.72 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Primary $12.05 ↓ -22%
Humana TRICARE $12.54 ↓ -19%
Multiplan Complementary $13.13 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $13.13 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $13.13 ↓ -15%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $13.56 ↓ -12%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $13.84 ↓ -10%
United VACCN $13.84 ↓ -10%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.84 ↓ -10%
Hospice Big Bend FED $13.84 ↓ -10%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $13.84 ↓ -10%
Humana MGMCRHMO $13.84 ↓ -10%
Humana MGMCRPPO $13.84 ↓ -10%
Wellmed MGMCR $13.84 ↓ -10%
NovaNet COMM $13.90 ↓ -10%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.12 ↓ -9%
United MCR $14.12 ↓ -9%
BCBS MCRHMO $14.12 ↓ -9%
Aetna MCR $14.19 ↓ -8%
Sunshine State MCR $14.53 ↓ -6%
WellCare MCR $14.53 ↓ -6%
American Health Plan MCR $14.67 ↓ -5%
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $14.81 ↓ -4%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $14.81 ↓ -4%
Florida Complete Care MCR $14.81 ↓ -4%
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $15.09 ↓ -2%
Clear Spring Health MCR $15.22 ↓ -1%
Centurion GVT $15.22 ↓ -1%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $15.92 ↑ +3%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $16.61 ↑ +8%
Oscar HIX $18.68 ↑ +21%
Simply Healthcare HIX $21.59 ↑ +40%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $80.50 ↑ +421%
Prime Health WC $82.20 ↑ +432%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $84.74 ↑ +448%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO 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 $308.16 $13.84 – $52.24
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $68.40 $13.15 – $23.10
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $43.60 $13.84 – $30.72
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $78.79 $13.15 – $29.56
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $182.96 $13.84 – $30.72
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