Gi wireless capsule measure at MUSC Health Black River Medical Center
3555 Williamsburg County Highway, Cades, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1841914298
$374.50
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.
$749.00
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.
$518.86 with Bcbs vs $3,931.00 with Unitedhealthcare — 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 | $518.86 | ↑ +39% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange | $548.84 | ↑ +47% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $548.84 | ↑ +47% |
| Bcbs | Employee | $583.70 | ↑ +56% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $778.26 | ↑ +108% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $843.57 | ↑ +125% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $860.44 | ↑ +130% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $906.83 | ↑ +142% |
| Molina | Exchange | $927.92 | ↑ +148% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $1,354.17 | ↑ +262% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $1,487.55 | ↑ +297% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,931.00 | ↑ +950% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Gi wireless capsule measure at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $1,547.50 | $583.70 – $4,128.00 |
| MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center | Camden | $654.50 | $427.99 – $3,633.00 |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $733.00 | $578.76 – $4,392.00 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $622.00 | $843.57 – $927.92 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $622.00 | $425.26 – $927.92 |
| MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center | Lancaster | $971.50 | $583.70 – $8,099.00 |
| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | not published | $551.20 – $969.35 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | not published | $551.20 – $969.35 |