Linezolid in 5% dextrose in water 600 mg/300 ml intravenous piggyback 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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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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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.

$3.42 with Bcbs vs $144.44 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 Employee $3.42
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $4.56
Cigna All Commercial Plans $4.62
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $12.65
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $36.17
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $38.07
Bcbs Bluechoice Exchange $38.07
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $131.48
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $144.44

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Linezolid in 5% dextrose in water 600 mg/300 ml intravenous piggyback at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital GREER $27.82 $3.85 – $39.80
St Francis Downtown Greenville $670.62 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $750.51 not published
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $3.37 – $33.25
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $3.37 – $33.25
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence not published $3.42 – $4.62
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester not published $3.42 – $12.65
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston not published $3.42 – $7.78

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