Catheter declot mechanical 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.

$1,191.92 with Bcbs vs $4,760.48 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.

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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 $1,191.92
Bcbs Bluechoice Exchange $1,254.65
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $1,254.65
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,521.60
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,552.03
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,597.68
Bcbs Employee $1,626.39
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $1,635.72
Molina Exchange $1,673.76
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,136.00
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $2,168.52
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $4,333.62
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $4,760.48

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Catheter declot mechanical at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $1,700.50 $1,464.09 – $3,708.00
St Francis Downtown Greenville $2,497.80 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $1,350.00 $1,521.60 – $4,604.00
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $1,814.00 $1,464.09 – $1,610.50
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $1,814.00 $1,184.30 – $1,610.50
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $1,312.00 $1,444.99 – $3,532.00
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $1,019.57 – $2,355.01
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $1,019.57 – $2,355.01

All South-carolina hospitals for this procedure →