Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston
169 Ashley Ave, Charleston, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1932382330
$4,816.00
Cash price 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.
$9,632.00
Gross charge 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.
$4,854.06 with Bcbs vs $17,938.60 with Molina — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Bcbs | Lowcountry Blue Exchange | $4,854.06 | ↑ +1% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $5,109.54 | ↑ +6% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Exchange | $5,109.54 | ↑ +6% |
| Bcbs | Employee | $6,666.98 | ↑ +38% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $8,889.30 | ↑ +85% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $12,186.24 | ↑ +153% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $13,083.14 | ↑ +172% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $16,307.82 | ↑ +239% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $16,633.97 | ↑ +245% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $17,530.90 | ↑ +264% |
| Molina | Exchange | $17,938.60 | ↑ +272% |
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Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $82,793.37 | $16,794.71 – $16,962.65 |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $11,123.00 | $4,862.00 – $18,643.25 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $4,816.00 | $16,307.82 – $17,938.60 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $3,483.00 | $5,922.55 – $17,938.60 |
| MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center | Lancaster | $5,056.50 | $6,666.98 – $19,448.00 |
| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | not published | $1,019.57 – $9,653.78 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | not published | $1,019.57 – $9,653.78 |
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | not published | $6,666.98 – $17,938.60 |