Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction 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.

$18.05 with CorVel Corporation vs $436.10 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.05
Prime Health WC $18.43
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $19.00
BCBS MBN $55.72
BCBS SBN $55.72
BCBS BSL $55.72
Oscar HIX $62.99
BCBS PPO $70.74
BCBS HMO $70.74
BCBS NWB $70.74
Aetna QHP $73.65
Simply MGMCR $74.62
Simply Healthcare HIX $80.92
Cigna NBN $84.31
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $92.06
Aetna HMO $102.24
Aetna PPO $102.24
AvMed HMOFI $116.29
United OptionsPPO $117.75
BCBS PHS $122.59
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $123.56
AvMed ASOEO $135.67
Aetna ASA $145.37
Molina Healthcare HIX $155.06
Humana HMO $184.13
Humana PPO $184.13
Cigna PPO $201.09
Cigna ManagedCareHMO $201.09
United GlobalBenefitPlan $218.05
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $242.28
Plotkin Health COMM $242.28
AvMed HIXOON $242.28
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $242.28
Multiplan Primary $377.95
PPO Next COMM $411.87
Multiplan Complementary $411.87
PPO Next PPO $411.87
NovaNet COMM $436.10

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Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City not published $204.16 – $377.70
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $570.93 $217.24 – $381.66
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $919.85 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $396.63 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $556.14 $228.67 – $507.65
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $245.54 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,101.73 $228.67 – $417.56
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $193.05 $36.79 – $207.00

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