Ecg 12 lead tracing only at MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston
169 Ashley Ave, Charleston, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1932382330
$73.00
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.
$146.00
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.
$42.28 with Bcbs vs $113.96 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 | $42.28 | ↓ -42% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $44.51 | ↓ -39% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Exchange | $44.51 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $54.87 | ↓ -25% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $55.96 | ↓ -23% |
| Bcbs | Employee | $58.14 | ↓ -20% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $58.98 | ↓ -19% |
| Molina | Exchange | $60.35 | ↓ -17% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $77.52 | ↑ +6% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $106.15 | ↑ +45% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $113.96 | ↑ +56% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ecg 12 lead tracing only at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital | GREER | $292.50 | $6.46 – $418.50 |
| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | $1,093.00 | $58.24 – $84.19 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | $1,093.00 | $58.24 – $84.19 |
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $431.50 | $54.87 – $60.35 |
| MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center | Camden | $267.00 | $42.55 – $62.72 |
| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $235.80 | not published |
| St Francis Eastside | Greenville | $235.80 | not published |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $144.50 | $45.25 – $62.72 |