Pyruvate 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

$7.70

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.

$7.70

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.

$1.19 with Simply vs $72.50 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 $1.19 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $1.46 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $1.85 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $1.87 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1.96 ↓ -75%
AvMed ASOEO $2.16 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $2.31 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $2.46 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $2.93 ↓ -62%
Humana PPO $2.93 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3.46 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $3.85 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $3.85 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $3.85 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $3.85 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Primary $6.01 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Complementary $6.54 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $6.54 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $6.54 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $6.93 ↓ -10%
Humana TRICARE $13.12 ↑ +70%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $14.19 ↑ +84%
United VACCN $14.48 ↑ +88%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.48 ↑ +88%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $14.48 ↑ +88%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $14.48 ↑ +88%
Hospice Big Bend FED $14.48 ↑ +88%
Humana MGMCRHMO $14.48 ↑ +88%
Wellmed MGMCR $14.48 ↑ +88%
Humana MGMCRPPO $14.48 ↑ +88%
BCBS MCRHMO $14.77 ↑ +92%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.77 ↑ +92%
United MCR $14.77 ↑ +92%
Aetna MCR $14.84 ↑ +93%
Sunshine State MCR $15.20 ↑ +97%
WellCare MCR $15.20 ↑ +97%
American Health Plan MCR $15.35 ↑ +99%
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $15.49 ↑ +101%
Florida Complete Care MCR $15.49 ↑ +101%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $15.49 ↑ +101%
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $15.78 ↑ +105%
Clear Spring Health MCR $15.93 ↑ +107%
Centurion GVT $15.93 ↑ +107%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $16.65 ↑ +116%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $17.38 ↑ +126%
Oscar HIX $19.55 ↑ +154%
Simply Healthcare HIX $22.59 ↑ +193%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $68.88 ↑ +795%
Prime Health WC $70.33 ↑ +813%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $72.50 ↑ +842%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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