CostGrade
F

7/100

#2,463 nationally

Hca Florida Gulf Coast Hospital

449 W 23Rd St, Panama City, FL 32405 · (850) 747-7926

Among the highest charge markups in the country

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hca Florida Gulf Coast Hospital billed $11.73 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.

Charge-to-payment
11.7x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
118
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in FL
#116
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
2/5
shown for context, not in the grade

How this grade was reached

Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.

Inpatient charge markup 1.4/35

Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 1.8/25

Better than 7% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 2.1/30

Better than 7% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 1.5/10

Better than 15% of U.S. hospitals.

What this hospital treats most

The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.

Procedure Patients Charged Actually paid vs national
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

439 $141,425 $14,763 +117%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

276 $27,310 $1,709 +132%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

196 $171,172 $11,696 +174%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

153 $69,444 $2,915 +175%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

139 $91,030 $9,903 +110%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

124 $49,207 $2,448 +153%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

101 $26,263 $1,469 +161%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

93 $125,088 $10,356 +169%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

77 $116,227 $12,288 +111%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

73 $82,873 $8,833 +111%

Where its charges run furthest above the national middle

Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Other Vascular Procedures without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 254 · Inpatient stay

$279,264 $13,068 +266%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay

$359,218 $17,632 +257%
Carotid Artery Stent Procedures without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 036 · Inpatient stay

$243,666 $13,566 +246%
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.d.e. without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 419 · Inpatient stay

$239,653 $9,980 +242%
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.d.e. with Complications

MS-DRG 418 · Inpatient stay

$272,404 $12,320 +231%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

$113,087 $5,165 +222%
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Neoplasm without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 658 · Inpatient stay

$243,591 $15,018 +218%
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.d.e. with Major Complications

MS-DRG 417 · Inpatient stay

$314,860 $18,041 +199%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 2 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,750 $1,451 -10%
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures

APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit

$23,551 $2,832 +30%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

$179,552 $21,459 +35%
Sepsis

MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay

$367,109 $45,388 +37%
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit

$70,545 $9,345 +37%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay

$114,235 $14,788 +46%
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit

$139,591 $17,611 +46%
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit

$51,364 $5,177 +48%

What this page cannot tell you

  • It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
  • It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
  • A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
  • Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.