Transcath occlusion non-cns at MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston
169 Ashley Ave, Charleston, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1932382330
$7,885.50
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.
$15,771.00
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.
$9,659.93 with Bcbs vs $26,036.36 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 | $9,659.93 | ↑ +23% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $10,168.35 | ↑ +29% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Exchange | $10,168.35 | ↑ +29% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $10,737.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $10,951.74 | ↑ +39% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $11,542.27 | ↑ +46% |
| Molina | Exchange | $11,810.69 | ↑ +50% |
| Bcbs | Employee | $13,267.40 | ↑ +68% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $17,689.86 | ↑ +124% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $24,251.46 | ↑ +208% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $26,036.36 | ↑ +230% |
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Transcath occlusion non-cns at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $23,087.40 | not published |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $9,808.00 | $11,158.76 – $21,388.00 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $7,885.50 | $10,737.00 – $11,810.69 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $5,808.50 | $7,889.00 – $11,810.69 |
| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | not published | $14,118.89 – $19,211.19 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | not published | $14,118.89 – $19,211.19 |
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | not published | $8,283.00 – $11,810.69 |
| MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center | Camden | not published | $9,722.04 – $39,660.00 |