Chg pr pul rehab for copd patients 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

$191.50

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.

$383.00

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.

$57.02 with Bcbs vs $271.35 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
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $57.02 ↓ -70%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $57.02 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $57.90 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $57.90 ↓ -70%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $58.16 ↓ -70%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $58.16 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $58.47 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $58.47 ↓ -69%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $61.30 ↓ -68%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $61.30 ↓ -68%
Molina Exchange $62.72 ↓ -67%
Molina Exchange $62.72 ↓ -67%
Bcbs Employee $110.16 ↓ -42%
Bcbs Employee $110.16 ↓ -42%
Bcbs Bluechoice Exchange $143.90 ↓ -25%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $143.90 ↓ -25%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $143.90 ↓ -25%
Bcbs Bluechoice Exchange $143.90 ↓ -25%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $146.88 ↓ -23%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $146.88 ↓ -23%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $247.02 ↑ +29%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $247.02 ↑ +29%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $271.35 ↑ +42%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $271.35 ↑ +42%

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Chg pr pul rehab for copd patients at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $145.50 $54.87 – $60.35
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $179.50 $57.02 – $62.72
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $47.50 $54.87 – $60.35
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $47.50 $54.87 – $80.10
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $53.50 $54.87 – $97.73
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $216.00 $57.33 – $63.06
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $72.64 – $159.51
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $72.64 – $159.51

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