Application skin substitute graft face/scalp/neck/genit/hnd/ft <100 sq cm 1st 25 sq cm at MUSC Health Chester Medical Center
1 Medical Park Drive, Chester, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1558937474
$1,516.00
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.
$3,032.00
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.
$501.28 with Bcbs vs $5,192.00 with Aetna — 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 | $501.28 | ↓ -67% |
| Bcbs | Employee | $505.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $661.68 | ↓ -56% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Exchange | $661.68 | ↓ -56% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $674.22 | ↓ -56% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $714.40 | ↓ -53% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $725.38 | ↓ -52% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $728.68 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $732.57 | ↓ -52% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $767.98 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Exchange | $785.84 | ↓ -48% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $1,135.81 | ↓ -25% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $1,247.69 | ↓ -18% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,392.00 | ↑ +190% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $4,604.00 | ↑ +204% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $5,192.00 | ↑ +242% |
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Application skin substitute graft face/scalp/neck/genit/hnd/ft <100 sq cm 1st 25 sq cm at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $885.00 | $505.67 – $4,128.00 |
| St Francis Eastside | Greenville | $1,977.60 | not published |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $2,123.50 | $687.39 – $756.13 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $2,123.50 | $368.32 – $756.13 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $1,564.00 | $449.39 – $3,931.00 |
| MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center | Lancaster | $1,688.00 | $505.67 – $8,099.00 |
| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | not published | $502.75 – $1,660.42 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | not published | $502.75 – $1,660.42 |