11-desoxycortisol - sendout at MUSC Health Chester Medical Center
1 Medical Park Drive, Chester, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1558937474
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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.
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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.
$16.75 with Unitedhealthcare vs $255.92 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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| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $16.75 | — |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $29.28 | — |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $29.57 | — |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $29.87 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $29.87 | — |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $31.48 | — |
| Molina | Exchange | $32.21 | — |
| Bcbs | Employee | $101.07 | — |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $134.76 | — |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $135.72 | — |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Exchange | $135.72 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $138.87 | — |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $232.97 | — |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $255.92 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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11-desoxycortisol - sendout at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital | GREER | $80.60 | $24.47 – $351.55 |
| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | $26.00 | $24.99 – $165.66 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | $26.00 | $24.99 – $165.66 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $106.50 | $29.28 – $32.21 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $106.50 | $29.28 – $75.54 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $77.00 | $16.77 – $94.94 |
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | not published | $16.77 – $32.21 |
| MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center | Camden | not published | $29.28 – $32.21 |