Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at MUSC Health Black River Medical Center
3555 Williamsburg County Highway, Cades, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1841914298
$10,222.00
Cash price 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.
$20,444.00
Gross charge 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.
$6,748.84 with Aetna vs $31,323.83 with Bcbs — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $6,748.84 | ↓ -34% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $6,883.82 | ↓ -33% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $7,255.01 | ↓ -29% |
| Molina | Exchange | $7,423.73 | ↓ -27% |
| Bcbs | Lowcountry Blue Exchange | $10,925.85 | ↑ +7% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange | $11,556.99 | ↑ +13% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $11,556.99 | ↑ +13% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $11,904.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Bcbs | Employee | $12,298.91 | ↑ +20% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $16,398.54 | ↑ +60% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $28,515.08 | ↑ +179% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $31,323.83 | ↑ +206% |
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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $24,991.50 | $6,748.84 – $12,500.00 |
| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $39,813.17 | $12,297.49 – $12,420.46 |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $10,072.50 | $7,013.95 – $20,575.00 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $13,877.00 | $6,748.84 – $7,423.73 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $13,877.00 | $6,748.84 – $8,954.74 |
| MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center | Lancaster | $11,564.00 | $7,051.31 – $21,847.00 |
| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | not published | $501.47 – $17,808.81 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | not published | $501.47 – $17,808.81 |