Intracranial complete study at MUSC Health Black River Medical Center
3555 Williamsburg County Highway, Cades, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1841914298
$703.00
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.
$1,406.00
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.
$221.92 with Aetna vs $868.06 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 | $221.92 | ↓ -68% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $226.36 | ↓ -68% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $238.56 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Exchange | $244.11 | ↓ -65% |
| Bcbs | Lowcountry Blue Exchange | $302.78 | ↓ -57% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange | $320.27 | ↓ -54% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $320.27 | ↓ -54% |
| Bcbs | Employee | $341.19 | ↓ -51% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $454.92 | ↓ -35% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $790.22 | ↑ +12% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $868.06 | ↑ +23% |
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Intracranial complete study at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $1,261.00 | $221.92 – $244.11 |
| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $370.20 | not published |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $284.50 | $230.64 – $253.70 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $664.00 | $221.92 – $244.11 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $664.00 | $221.92 – $248.16 |
| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | not published | $394.69 – $494.04 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | not published | $394.69 – $494.04 |
| MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center | Camden | not published | $230.64 – $253.70 |