Ablate heart dysrhythm focus at MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston
169 Ashley Ave, Charleston, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1932382330
$6,603.50
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.
$13,207.00
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.
$5,281.80 with Bcbs vs $14,236.00 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.
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 | $5,281.80 | ↓ -20% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $5,559.79 | ↓ -16% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Exchange | $5,559.79 | ↓ -16% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $7,254.29 | ↑ +10% |
| Bcbs | Employee | $7,254.50 | ↑ +10% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $7,399.38 | ↑ +12% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $7,798.37 | ↑ +18% |
| Molina | Exchange | $7,979.72 | ↑ +21% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $9,672.66 | ↑ +46% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $13,260.06 | ↑ +101% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $14,236.00 | ↑ +116% |
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Ablate heart dysrhythm focus at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | $57,824.00 | $1,966.31 – $10,504.51 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | $57,824.00 | $1,966.31 – $10,504.51 |
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $11,372.00 | $7,254.29 – $9,495.00 |
| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $11,494.80 | not published |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $5,080.00 | $7,188.38 – $20,575.00 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $6,603.50 | not published |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $5,348.50 | $6,444.42 – $9,043.00 |
| MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center | Camden | not published | $5,315.75 – $19,595.00 |