Adenovirus antibody,serum - quest at MUSC Health Chester Medical Center

1 Medical Park Drive, Chester, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1558937474

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$55.00

Cash price

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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.

$110.00

Gross charge

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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.

$7.36 with Unitedhealthcare vs $70.80 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $7.36 ↓ -87%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $12.87 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $13.00 ↓ -76%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $13.13 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $13.13 ↓ -76%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $13.84 ↓ -75%
Molina Exchange $14.16 ↓ -74%
Bcbs Employee $28.41 ↓ -48%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $37.54 ↓ -32%
Bcbs Bluechoice Exchange $37.54 ↓ -32%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $37.88 ↓ -31%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $61.04 ↑ +11%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $64.45 ↑ +17%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $70.80 ↑ +29%

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Adenovirus antibody,serum - quest at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER $320.00 $10.98 – $37.28
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson $320.00 $10.98 – $37.28
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $102.00 $12.87 – $14.16
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $102.00 $12.87 – $20.90
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $110.00 $7.37 – $26.26
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence not published $7.37 – $14.16
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden not published $12.87 – $14.16
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster not published $12.87 – $22.12

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