Coronary catheterization w/angiography supervision & interpretation at MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston
169 Ashley Ave, Charleston, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1932382330
$7,103.50
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.
$14,207.00
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.
$3,015.25 with Aetna vs $11,327.16 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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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,015.25 | ↓ -58% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,075.55 | ↓ -57% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $3,241.39 | ↓ -54% |
| Molina | Exchange | $3,316.77 | ↓ -53% |
| Bcbs | Lowcountry Blue Exchange | $4,202.57 | ↓ -41% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Exchange | $4,423.76 | ↓ -38% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $4,423.76 | ↓ -38% |
| Bcbs | Employee | $5,771.93 | ↓ -19% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $7,695.90 | ↑ +8% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $10,550.63 | ↑ +49% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $11,327.16 | ↑ +59% |
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Coronary catheterization w/angiography supervision & interpretation at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital | GREER | $13,094.90 | $595.52 – $18,735.78 |
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $6,394.00 | $3,015.25 – $15,562.00 |
| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $7,720.80 | not published |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $3,920.00 | $3,133.69 – $14,348.00 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $7,103.50 | $3,015.25 – $3,316.77 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $5,753.50 | $3,015.25 – $14,821.00 |
| MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center | Lancaster | $23,710.00 | $3,150.38 – $19,448.00 |
| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | not published | $3,641.31 – $8,357.75 |