Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood 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

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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.

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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.

$4.36 with Humana vs $57.60 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 $4.36
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $4.71
United AllPayerAppendix $4.81
Humana MGMCRHMO $4.81
Humana MGMCRPPO $4.81
United VACCN $4.81
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $4.81
Wellmed MGMCR $4.81
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $4.81
Hospice Big Bend FED $4.81
BCBS MCRPPO $4.91
United MCR $4.91
BCBS MCRHMO $4.91
Aetna MCR $4.93
WellCare MCR $5.05
Sunshine State MCR $5.05
American Health Plan MCR $5.10
Florida Complete Care MCR $5.15
Align Senior Care MGMCR $5.15
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $5.15
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $5.24
Centurion GVT $5.29
Clear Spring Health MCR $5.29
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $5.53
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.77
Oscar HIX $6.49
Simply Healthcare HIX $7.50
Simply MGMCR $9.86
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $12.16
AvMed HMOFI $15.36
United OptionsPPO $15.55
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $16.32
AvMed ASOEO $17.92
Aetna ASA $19.20
Molina Healthcare HIX $20.48
Humana PPO $24.32
Humana HMO $24.32
United GlobalBenefitPlan $28.80
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $32.00
AvMed HIXOON $32.00
Plotkin Health COMM $32.00
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $32.00
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $42.94
Prime Health WC $43.84
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $45.20
Multiplan Primary $49.92
PPO Next PPO $54.40
PPO Next COMM $54.40
Multiplan Complementary $54.40
NovaNet COMM $57.60
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $23.92 $4.81 – $17.84
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $104.04 $4.57 – $8.03
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $245.04 $4.81 – $10.68
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $104.04 $4.57 – $10.27
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $260.16 $4.81 – $10.68
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $89.18 $4.57 – $10.51
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $35.70 $4.81 – $8.78
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