Pr amput fgr/thumb prim/sec any joint/phal sgl incl neurectomies w dir clsr 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

$2,760.50

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.

$5,521.00

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.

$1,789.40 with Bcbs vs $7,146.81 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 $1,789.40 ↓ -35%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $1,883.58 ↓ -32%
Bcbs Bluechoice Exchange $1,883.58 ↓ -32%
Bcbs Employee $2,441.88 ↓ -12%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,162.76 ↑ +15%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,226.01 ↑ +17%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $3,255.84 ↑ +18%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,320.89 ↑ +20%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $3,399.96 ↑ +23%
Molina Exchange $3,479.03 ↑ +26%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $3,633.00 ↑ +32%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $6,505.98 ↑ +136%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $7,146.81 ↑ +159%

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Pr amput fgr/thumb prim/sec any joint/phal sgl incl neurectomies w dir clsr at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $2,481.00 $2,441.88 – $4,128.00
St Francis Downtown Greenville $6,692.69 $3,134.07 – $3,165.42
St Francis Eastside Greenville $3,095.40 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $3,024.00 $2,419.75 – $6,492.00
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $3,360.00 $3,043.22 – $3,347.54
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $3,360.00 $1,777.97 – $3,347.54
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $2,430.00 $2,169.34 – $3,931.00
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $2,388.50 $2,441.88 – $8,099.00

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