Urine Culture 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.

$7.31 with Humana vs $167.60 with Careworks (Rockport Community) — 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 $7.31
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $7.91
United AllPayerAppendix $8.07
Humana MGMCRHMO $8.07
Humana MGMCRPPO $8.07
United VACCN $8.07
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $8.07
Wellmed MGMCR $8.07
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $8.07
Hospice Big Bend FED $8.07
BCBS MCRHMO $8.23
United MCR $8.23
BCBS MCRPPO $8.23
Aetna MCR $8.27
WellCare MCR $8.47
Sunshine State MCR $8.47
American Health Plan MCR $8.55
Florida Complete Care MCR $8.63
Align Senior Care MGMCR $8.63
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $8.63
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $8.80
Clear Spring Health MCR $8.88
Centurion GVT $8.88
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $9.28
Longevity Health Plan MCR $9.68
Simply MGMCR $9.86
Oscar HIX $10.89
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $12.16
Simply Healthcare HIX $12.59
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 HMO $24.32
Humana PPO $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
Multiplan Primary $49.92
PPO Next PPO $54.40
Multiplan Complementary $54.40
PPO Next COMM $54.40
NovaNet COMM $57.60
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $159.22
Prime Health WC $162.57
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $167.60
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Urine Culture Test at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $87.14 $8.07 – $30.60
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $276.43 $7.67 – $13.47
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