Ghs simple repair 20.1 - 30.0 cm - 12017 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

$382.00

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.

$764.00

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.

$141.36 with Bcbs vs $564.60 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 $141.36 ↓ -63%
Bcbs Bluechoice Exchange $148.80 ↓ -61%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $148.80 ↓ -61%
Bcbs Employee $192.78 ↓ -50%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $257.04 ↓ -33%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $368.00 ↓ -4%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $392.94 ↑ +3%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $400.80 ↑ +5%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $412.59 ↑ +8%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $422.41 ↑ +11%
Molina Exchange $432.24 ↑ +13%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $513.97 ↑ +35%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $564.60 ↑ +48%

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Ghs simple repair 20.1 - 30.0 cm - 12017 at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $594.00 $192.78 – $2,118.00
St Francis Downtown Greenville $570.60 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $570.60 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $615.50 $191.17 – $6,492.00
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $413.50 $378.09 – $415.90
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $413.50 $140.46 – $415.90
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $299.00 $171.38 – $2,017.00
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $904.00 $192.78 – $1,544.00

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