Bronchoscopy revise stent at MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center

1315 Roberts Street, Camden, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1487220307

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

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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.

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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.

$2,710.82 with Bcbs vs $11,769.00 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.

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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
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $2,710.82
Bcbs Bluechoice Exchange $2,853.49
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $2,853.49
Bcbs Employee $3,699.54
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $4,932.72
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,821.83
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,958.26
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,162.92
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $7,333.47
Molina Exchange $7,504.01
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $9,856.10
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $10,826.92
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $11,769.00

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Bronchoscopy revise stent at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $364.13 – $5,356.93
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $364.13 – $5,356.93
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence not published $3,699.54 – $12,276.00
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester not published $3,665.77 – $10,275.00
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg not published $6,563.99 – $7,220.39
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston not published $2,693.50 – $7,220.39
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades not published $3,286.39 – $11,692.00
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster not published $3,699.54 – $18,792.00

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