Blood typing ag donor ea ag at MUSC Health Black River Medical Center

3555 Williamsburg County Highway, Cades, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1841914298

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$105.00

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.

$210.00

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.

$2.19 with Unitedhealthcare vs $366.72 with Molina — 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
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2.19 ↓ -98%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $6.35 ↓ -94%
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $18.28 ↓ -83%
Bcbs Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange $19.33 ↓ -82%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $19.33 ↓ -82%
Bcbs Employee $20.66 ↓ -80%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $27.54 ↓ -74%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $47.69 ↓ -55%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $52.39 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $333.38 ↑ +218%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $340.05 ↑ +224%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $358.39 ↑ +241%
Molina Exchange $366.72 ↑ +249%

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Blood typing ag donor ea ag at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $110.50 $2.19 – $366.72
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $121.50 $15.08 – $381.13
St Francis Downtown Greenville $1,027.20 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $1,027.20 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $217.50 $2.19 – $381.13
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $117.00 $333.38 – $366.72
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $117.00 $14.98 – $366.72
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $76.00 $6.46 – $383.16

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