Strep b assay w/optic at HCA FLORIDA GULF COAST HOSPITAL
449 WEST 23RD STREET, PANAMA CITY, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1699721589
$269.25
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.
$269.25
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.
$11.53 with Humana vs $242.32 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.
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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| Humana | TRICARE | $11.53 | ↓ -96% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $12.48 | ↓ -95% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $12.73 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | MGMCRHMO | $12.73 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | MGMCRPPO | $12.73 | ↓ -95% |
| United | VACCN | $12.73 | ↓ -95% |
| NDMS Definitive Care | MGMCR | $12.73 | ↓ -95% |
| Wellmed | MGMCR | $12.73 | ↓ -95% |
| Veterans Evaluation Services | MCR | $12.73 | ↓ -95% |
| Hospice Big Bend | FED | $12.73 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $12.98 | ↓ -95% |
| United | MCR | $12.98 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $12.98 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | MCR | $13.05 | ↓ -95% |
| WellCare | MCR | $13.37 | ↓ -95% |
| Sunshine State | MCR | $13.37 | ↓ -95% |
| American Health Plan | MCR | $13.49 | ↓ -95% |
| Florida Complete Care | MCR | $13.62 | ↓ -95% |
| Align Senior Care | MGMCR | $13.62 | ↓ -95% |
| Healthspring of Florida | MGMGR | $13.62 | ↓ -95% |
| Gold Kidney of Florida | MCR | $13.88 | ↓ -95% |
| Centurion | GVT | $14.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Clear Spring Health | MCR | $14.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Ultimate Health Plan | MCR | $14.64 | ↓ -95% |
| Longevity Health Plan | MCR | $15.28 | ↓ -94% |
| Oscar | HIX | $17.19 | ↓ -94% |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $19.86 | ↓ -93% |
| Simply | MGMCR | $41.46 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina Healthcare | MGMCR | $51.16 | ↓ -81% |
| AvMed | HMOFI | $64.62 | ↓ -76% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $65.43 | ↓ -76% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $68.66 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $75.39 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $80.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $86.16 | ↓ -68% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $93.93 | ↓ -65% |
| Prime Health | WC | $95.90 | ↓ -64% |
| Careworks (Rockport Community) | WORKERSCOMP | $98.87 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | HMO | $102.31 | ↓ -62% |
| Humana | PPO | $102.31 | ↓ -62% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $121.16 | ↓ -55% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $134.63 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | HIXOON | $134.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sheriff | WORKERSCOMP | $134.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sheriff | COMM | $134.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | Primary | $210.01 | ↓ -22% |
| PPO Next | PPO | $228.86 | ↓ -15% |
| PPO Next | COMM | $228.86 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | Complementary | $228.86 | ↓ -15% |
| NovaNet | COMM | $242.32 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Strep b assay w/optic at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) | Panama City | not published | $12.73 – $48.44 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $9.75 | $4.02 – $19.63 |
| HCA FLORIDA CAPITAL HOSPITAL | TALLAHASSEE | $8.90 | $11.53 – $98.73 |
| HCA FLORIDA FORT WALTON-DESTIN HOSPITAL | NAVARRE | $377.75 | $11.53 – $107.28 |
| HCA FLORIDA BLAKE HOSPITAL | BRADENTON | $437.77 | $11.53 – $104.50 |
| HCA FLORIDA LAKE CITY HOSPITAL | LIVE OAK | $18.25 | $11.46 – $99.87 |
| HCA FLORIDA LARGO HOSPITAL | LARGO | $151.37 | $11.53 – $104.50 |
| HCA FLORIDA NORTHWEST HOSPITAL | MARGATE | $264.00 | $12.60 – $113.17 |