Slitting of prepuce 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

$3,146.50

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.

$6,293.00

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.

$2,020.59 with Bcbs vs $8,545.28 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 $2,020.59 ↓ -36%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,061.00 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,121.62 ↓ -33%
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $2,139.55 ↓ -32%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $2,172.13 ↓ -31%
Molina Exchange $2,222.65 ↓ -29%
Bcbs Bluechoice Exchange $2,252.16 ↓ -28%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $2,252.16 ↓ -28%
Bcbs Employee $2,920.01 ↓ -7%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $3,893.34 ↑ +24%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $7,779.06 ↑ +147%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $8,282.00 ↑ +163%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $8,545.28 ↑ +172%

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Slitting of prepuce at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St Francis Downtown Greenville $11,286.71 $2,002.27 – $2,022.29
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $3,701.00 $2,020.59 – $9,839.00
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $2,421.00 $1,944.22 – $2,138.64
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $2,421.00 $1,944.22 – $2,138.64
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $1,751.00 $1,944.22 – $9,269.00
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $1,019.57 – $4,228.17
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $1,019.57 – $4,228.17
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence not published $1,944.22 – $9,733.00

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