Ghs fish hybrid in situ 100-300 at MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston
169 Ashley Ave, Charleston, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1932382330
$540.00
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.
$1,080.00
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.
$51.19 with Aetna vs $385.68 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 | $51.19 | ↓ -91% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $52.21 | ↓ -90% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $55.03 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Exchange | $56.31 | ↓ -90% |
| Bcbs | Lowcountry Blue Exchange | $143.10 | ↓ -74% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Exchange | $150.63 | ↓ -72% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $150.63 | ↓ -72% |
| Bcbs | Employee | $191.44 | ↓ -65% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $255.25 | ↓ -53% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $359.24 | ↓ -33% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $385.68 | ↓ -29% |
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Ghs fish hybrid in situ 100-300 at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $401.50 | $23.01 – $56.31 |
| MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center | Camden | $494.00 | $51.19 – $56.31 |
| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $360.60 | not published |
| St Francis Eastside | Greenville | $360.60 | not published |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $325.50 | $22.97 – $56.31 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $540.00 | $51.19 – $56.31 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $437.50 | $23.01 – $179.83 |
| MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center | Lancaster | $490.50 | $51.19 – $69.02 |