Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging 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

$2,471.35

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.

$2,471.35

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.

$380.59 with Simply vs $2,224.22 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
Simply MGMCR $380.59 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $469.56 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $593.12 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $600.54 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $630.19 ↓ -75%
AvMed ASOEO $691.98 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $741.40 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $790.83 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $939.11 ↓ -62%
Humana HMO $939.11 ↓ -62%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,112.11 ↓ -55%
AvMed HIXOON $1,235.67 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1,235.67 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $1,235.67 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,235.67 ↓ -50%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,887.44 ↓ -24%
Prime Health WC $1,927.18 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Primary $1,927.65 ↓ -22%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $1,986.78 ↓ -20%
Multiplan Complementary $2,100.65 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $2,100.65 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $2,100.65 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $2,224.22 ↓ -10%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City not published $540.30 – $1,158.73
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,297.23 $538.66 – $946.34
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $4,661.02 $567.01 – $1,258.77
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,271.90 $538.66 – $1,238.64
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $3,176.00 $1,101.15 – $2,068.60
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $6,500.79 $567.01 – $1,035.36
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