Apply forearm splintdynamic 29126 at MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston

169 Ashley Ave, Charleston, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1932382330

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$312.00

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.

$624.00

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.

$116.08 with Bcbs vs $312.88 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 $116.08 ↓ -63%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $122.19 ↓ -61%
Bcbs Bluechoice Exchange $122.19 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $123.75 ↓ -60%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $126.22 ↓ -60%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $133.03 ↓ -57%
Molina Exchange $136.12 ↓ -56%
Bcbs Employee $159.12 ↓ -49%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $212.16 ↓ -32%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $291.43 ↓ -7%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $312.88 ↑ +0%

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Apply forearm splintdynamic 29126 at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $785.00 $123.75 – $2,118.00
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $241.00 $116.83 – $368.00
St Francis Downtown Greenville $187.20 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $187.20 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $125.00 $128.61 – $2,261.00
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $312.00 $123.75 – $136.12
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $225.50 $123.75 – $2,017.00
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $537.00 $129.29 – $1,544.00

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