Polysomnography sleep staging >=4 parameters age >=6 years w/cpap bipap 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

$3,034.00

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.

$6,068.00

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.

$830.07 with Bcbs vs $4,913.15 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 $830.07 ↓ -73%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $846.67 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $871.57 ↓ -71%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $892.32 ↓ -71%
Molina Exchange $913.08 ↓ -70%
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $1,230.15 ↓ -59%
Bcbs Bluechoice Exchange $1,294.89 ↓ -57%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $1,294.89 ↓ -57%
Bcbs Employee $1,678.41 ↓ -45%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $2,237.88 ↓ -26%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $4,472.61 ↑ +47%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $4,913.15 ↑ +62%

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Polysomnography sleep staging >=4 parameters age >=6 years w/cpap bipap at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $5,129.00 $798.70 – $878.56
St Francis Downtown Greenville $4,074.00 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $2,130.50 $830.07 – $913.08
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $3,154.00 $798.70 – $878.56
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $3,154.00 $798.70 – $1,222.28
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $2,281.00 $798.70 – $1,491.34
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $5,892.00 $834.49 – $917.94
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $471.19 – $2,430.34

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