Smear wet mount at HCA FLORIDA GULF COAST HOSPITAL
449 WEST 23RD STREET, PANAMA CITY, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1699721589
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Cash price 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 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.
$0.94 with Simply vs $51.79 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Simply | MGMCR | $0.94 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | MGMCR | $1.16 | — |
| AvMed | HMOFI | $1.46 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1.48 | — |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $1.56 | — |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $1.71 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $1.83 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $1.95 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $2.32 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $2.32 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $2.75 | — |
| Prime Health Sheriff | WORKERSCOMP | $3.05 | — |
| Prime Health Sheriff | COMM | $3.05 | — |
| AvMed | HIXOON | $3.05 | — |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $3.05 | — |
| Multiplan | Primary | $4.76 | — |
| Multiplan | Complementary | $5.18 | — |
| PPO Next | PPO | $5.18 | — |
| PPO Next | COMM | $5.18 | — |
| Humana | TRICARE | $5.28 | — |
| NovaNet | COMM | $5.49 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $5.70 | — |
| United | VACCN | $5.82 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $5.82 | — |
| NDMS Definitive Care | MGMCR | $5.82 | — |
| Veterans Evaluation Services | MCR | $5.82 | — |
| Hospice Big Bend | FED | $5.82 | — |
| Humana | MGMCRHMO | $5.82 | — |
| Wellmed | MGMCR | $5.82 | — |
| Humana | MGMCRPPO | $5.82 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $5.94 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $5.94 | — |
| United | MCR | $5.94 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $5.97 | — |
| Sunshine State | MCR | $6.11 | — |
| WellCare | MCR | $6.11 | — |
| American Health Plan | MCR | $6.17 | — |
| Healthspring of Florida | MGMGR | $6.23 | — |
| Florida Complete Care | MCR | $6.23 | — |
| Align Senior Care | MGMCR | $6.23 | — |
| Gold Kidney of Florida | MCR | $6.34 | — |
| Clear Spring Health | MCR | $6.40 | — |
| Centurion | GVT | $6.40 | — |
| Ultimate Health Plan | MCR | $6.69 | — |
| Longevity Health Plan | MCR | $6.98 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $7.86 | — |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $9.08 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $49.20 | — |
| Prime Health | WC | $50.24 | — |
| Careworks (Rockport Community) | WORKERSCOMP | $51.79 | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHP | 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 | $56.13 | $5.82 – $21.68 |
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $256.25 | $5.53 – $9.71 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $266.50 | $5.82 – $12.92 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $256.25 | $5.53 – $12.43 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $231.62 | $5.82 – $12.92 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $238.50 | $5.53 – $12.71 |
| HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | JACKSONVILLE | $46.00 | $4.66 – $53.92 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $43.09 | $5.82 – $10.63 |