Warde 3400652 ova & parasites direct smear concentration and id 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.

$1.52 with Simply vs $218.45 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
Simply MGMCR $1.52
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $1.88
AvMed HMOFI $2.38
United OptionsPPO $2.41
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2.52
AvMed ASOEO $2.77
Aetna ASA $2.97
Molina Healthcare HIX $3.17
Humana PPO $3.76
Humana HMO $3.76
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4.46
Plotkin Health COMM $4.95
AvMed HIXOON $4.95
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $4.95
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $4.95
Multiplan Primary $7.72
Humana TRICARE $8.07
Multiplan Complementary $8.41
PPO Next PPO $8.41
PPO Next COMM $8.41
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $8.72
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $8.90
United VACCN $8.90
United AllPayerAppendix $8.90
Hospice Big Bend FED $8.90
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $8.90
Humana MGMCRHMO $8.90
Humana MGMCRPPO $8.90
Wellmed MGMCR $8.90
NovaNet COMM $8.91
BCBS MCRPPO $9.08
United MCR $9.08
BCBS MCRHMO $9.08
Aetna MCR $9.12
Sunshine State MCR $9.35
WellCare MCR $9.35
American Health Plan MCR $9.43
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $9.52
Align Senior Care MGMCR $9.52
Florida Complete Care MCR $9.52
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $9.70
Clear Spring Health MCR $9.79
Centurion GVT $9.79
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $10.23
Longevity Health Plan MCR $10.68
Oscar HIX $12.02
Simply Healthcare HIX $13.88
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $207.53
Prime Health WC $211.90
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $218.45
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Warde 3400652 ova & parasites direct smear concentration and id at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $34.74 $8.90 – $33.16
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $27.05 $8.46 – $14.85
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $28.04 $8.90 – $19.76
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $196.65 $8.46 – $19.01
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $212.35 $8.90 – $19.76
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $30.00 $8.46 – $19.44
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $191.00 $7.12 – $227.45
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $65.24 $8.90 – $16.25

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