Thyroid (TSH) Test 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.

$15.23 with Humana vs $539.33 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 $15.23
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $16.46
United AllPayerAppendix $16.80
Humana MGMCRHMO $16.80
Humana MGMCRPPO $16.80
United VACCN $16.80
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $16.80
Wellmed MGMCR $16.80
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $16.80
Hospice Big Bend FED $16.80
BCBS MCRPPO $17.14
United MCR $17.14
BCBS MCRHMO $17.14
Aetna MCR $17.22
WellCare MCR $17.64
Sunshine State MCR $17.64
American Health Plan MCR $17.81
Florida Complete Care MCR $17.98
Align Senior Care MGMCR $17.98
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $17.98
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $18.31
Centurion GVT $18.48
Clear Spring Health MCR $18.48
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $19.32
Longevity Health Plan MCR $20.16
Oscar HIX $22.68
Simply Healthcare HIX $26.21
Simply MGMCR $92.28
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $113.86
AvMed HMOFI $143.82
United OptionsPPO $145.62
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $152.81
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $161.91
Prime Health WC $165.32
AvMed ASOEO $167.79
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $170.43
Aetna ASA $179.78
Molina Healthcare HIX $191.76
Humana HMO $227.72
Humana PPO $227.72
United GlobalBenefitPlan $269.66
AvMed HIXOON $299.63
Plotkin Health COMM $299.63
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $299.63
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $299.63
Multiplan Primary $467.42
PPO Next COMM $509.36
PPO Next PPO $509.36
Multiplan Complementary $509.36
NovaNet COMM $539.33
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Thyroid (TSH) Test at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $174.19 $16.80 – $63.72
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $271.56 $15.96 – $28.04
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $571.97 $16.80 – $37.30
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $156.33 $15.96 – $35.88
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $402.85 $16.80 – $37.30
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $127.92 $15.96 – $36.70
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $1,079.00 $13.44 – $177.45
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $124.33 $16.80 – $30.68

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