Contrast exam thoracic aorta 75605-26 at MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston
169 Ashley Ave, Charleston, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1932382330
$3,455.50
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.
$6,911.00
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.
$1,228.46 with Bcbs vs $5,692.95 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 | $1,228.46 | ↓ -64% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $1,293.12 | ↓ -63% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Exchange | $1,293.12 | ↓ -63% |
| Bcbs | Employee | $1,628.60 | ↓ -53% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $2,171.46 | ↓ -37% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $3,084.08 | ↓ -11% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $3,311.07 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,175.41 | ↑ +50% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,278.91 | ↑ +53% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $5,563.56 | ↑ +61% |
| Molina | Exchange | $5,692.95 | ↑ +65% |
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Contrast exam thoracic aorta 75605-26 at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | $12,264.00 | $106.44 – $9,459.98 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | $12,264.00 | $106.44 – $9,459.98 |
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $4,429.00 | $1,628.60 – $5,692.95 |
| MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center | Camden | $4,699.50 | $220.42 – $5,916.57 |
| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $4,657.20 | not published |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $2,517.00 | $220.42 – $5,916.57 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $3,455.50 | $5,175.41 – $5,692.95 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $2,084.00 | $1,543.84 – $5,692.95 |