St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral 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.

$78.52 with Humana vs $583.20 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 $78.52
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $80.97
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $82.62
Humana MGMCRHMO $82.62
Humana MGMCRPPO $82.62
United VACCN $82.62
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $82.62
Wellmed MGMCR $82.62
Hospice Big Bend FED $82.62
Oscar HIX $84.24
United MCR $84.27
BCBS MCRHMO $84.27
BCBS MCRPPO $84.27
Aetna MCR $84.69
WellCare MCR $86.75
Sunshine State MCR $86.75
American Health Plan MCR $87.58
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $88.40
Florida Complete Care MCR $88.40
Align Senior Care MGMCR $88.40
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $90.06
Centurion GVT $90.88
Clear Spring Health MCR $90.88
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $92.15
Prime Health WC $94.09
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $95.01
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $97.00
Aetna QHP $98.50
Longevity Health Plan MCR $99.14
Simply Healthcare HIX $108.22
Cigna NBN $112.75
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $123.12
Aetna HMO $136.73
Aetna PPO $136.73
AvMed HMOFI $155.52
United OptionsPPO $157.46
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $165.24
AvMed ASOEO $181.44
Aetna ASA $194.40
Molina Healthcare HIX $207.36
Humana PPO $246.24
Humana HMO $246.24
Cigna ManagedCareHMO $268.92
Cigna PPO $268.92
United GlobalBenefitPlan $291.60
Plotkin Health COMM $324.00
AvMed HIXOON $324.00
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $324.00
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $324.00
Multiplan Primary $505.44
PPO Next PPO $550.80
Multiplan Complementary $550.80
PPO Next COMM $550.80
NovaNet COMM $583.20

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St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $157.20 $80.95 – $334.05
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $334.66 $78.49 – $137.89
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $564.39 $82.62 – $183.42
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $362.87 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $563.80 $82.62 – $183.42
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $364.73 $78.49 – $180.48
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $852.00 $66.10 – $99.14
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $743.51 not published

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