Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis c 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

$501.50

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.

$1,003.00

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.

$42.84 with Bcbs vs $245.52 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 Medicare Managed Care Plan $42.84 ↓ -91%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $43.70 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $44.98 ↓ -91%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $46.05 ↓ -91%
Molina Exchange $47.12 ↓ -91%
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $61.47 ↓ -88%
Bcbs Bluechoice Exchange $64.71 ↓ -87%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $64.71 ↓ -87%
Bcbs Employee $81.00 ↓ -84%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $108.00 ↓ -78%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $223.51 ↓ -55%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $245.52 ↓ -51%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis c at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $1,401.50 $24.54 – $47.12
St Francis Downtown Greenville $369.00 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $369.00 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $529.00 $24.51 – $47.12
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $302.50 $42.84 – $47.12
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $302.50 $42.84 – $61.09
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $220.50 $24.54 – $76.76
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $1,329.00 $42.84 – $73.62

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