Cltx humrl cndylr fx w/mnpj at MUSC Health Black River Medical Center
3555 Williamsburg County Highway, Cades, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1841914298
$805.00
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.
$1,610.00
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.
$802.82 with Bcbs vs $2,301.66 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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| Bcbs | Lowcountry Blue Exchange | $802.82 | ↓ -0% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange | $849.20 | ↑ +5% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $849.20 | ↑ +5% |
| Bcbs | Employee | $903.47 | ↑ +12% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $1,204.62 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,495.56 | ↑ +86% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,525.47 | ↑ +89% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $1,607.72 | ↑ +100% |
| Molina | Exchange | $1,645.11 | ↑ +104% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,017.00 | ↑ +151% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $2,095.27 | ↑ +160% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $2,301.66 | ↑ +186% |
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Cltx humrl cndylr fx w/mnpj at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital | GREER | $2,600.65 | $616.15 – $3,720.93 |
| MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center | Camden | $785.50 | $368.00 – $1,709.74 |
| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $952.20 | not published |
| St Francis Eastside | Greenville | $952.20 | not published |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $1,113.50 | $1,495.56 – $1,645.11 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $1,113.50 | $657.99 – $1,645.11 |
| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | not published | $231.93 – $1,308.22 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | not published | $231.93 – $1,308.22 |