Intrapul surf admin endo tube at MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston
169 Ashley Ave, Charleston, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1932382330
$90.50
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.
$181.00
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.
$43.08 with Bcbs vs $224.03 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 | $43.08 | ↓ -52% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $45.35 | ↓ -50% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Exchange | $45.35 | ↓ -50% |
| Bcbs | Employee | $58.91 | ↓ -35% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $78.54 | ↓ -13% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $108.15 | ↑ +20% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $116.11 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $203.67 | ↑ +125% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $207.74 | ↑ +130% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $218.94 | ↑ +142% |
| Molina | Exchange | $224.03 | ↑ +148% |
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Intrapul surf admin endo tube at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | $390.00 | $52.96 – $85.29 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | $390.00 | $52.96 – $85.29 |
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $192.00 | $58.91 – $224.03 |
| St Francis Eastside | Greenville | $152.40 | not published |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $146.00 | $58.63 – $232.83 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $90.50 | $203.67 – $224.03 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $65.00 | $52.56 – $224.03 |
| MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center | Lancaster | $211.00 | $58.91 – $234.07 |