Coronary art/grft angio s&i at MUSC Health Chester Medical Center
1 Medical Park Drive, Chester, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1558937474
$3,920.00
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.
$7,840.00
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.
$3,133.69 with Bcbs vs $14,348.00 with Unitedhealthcare — 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 | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,133.69 | ↓ -20% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,133.69 | ↓ -20% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $3,181.89 | ↓ -19% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $3,181.89 | ↓ -19% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,196.37 | ↓ -18% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,196.37 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,213.39 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,213.39 | ↓ -18% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $3,368.72 | ↓ -14% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $3,368.72 | ↓ -14% |
| Molina | Exchange | $3,447.06 | ↓ -12% |
| Molina | Exchange | $3,447.06 | ↓ -12% |
| Bcbs | Lowcountry Blue Exchange | $5,719.58 | ↑ +46% |
| Bcbs | Lowcountry Blue Exchange | $5,719.58 | ↑ +46% |
| Bcbs | Employee | $5,771.93 | ↑ +47% |
| Bcbs | Employee | $5,771.93 | ↑ +47% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Exchange | $7,549.93 | ↑ +93% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $7,549.93 | ↑ +93% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $7,549.93 | ↑ +93% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Exchange | $7,549.93 | ↑ +93% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $7,695.90 | ↑ +96% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $7,695.90 | ↑ +96% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $12,959.96 | ↑ +231% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $12,959.96 | ↑ +231% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $13,624.00 | ↑ +248% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $13,624.00 | ↑ +248% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $14,236.49 | ↑ +263% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $14,236.49 | ↑ +263% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $14,348.00 | ↑ +266% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $14,348.00 | ↑ +266% |
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Coronary art/grft angio s&i at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $7,170.00 | $3,015.25 – $15,562.00 |
| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $9,502.80 | not published |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $8,954.00 | $3,015.25 – $3,316.77 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $8,954.00 | $3,015.25 – $4,202.57 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $7,252.50 | $3,015.25 – $14,821.00 |
| MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center | Lancaster | $24,581.00 | $3,150.38 – $19,448.00 |
| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | not published | $3,641.31 – $8,357.75 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | not published | $3,641.31 – $8,357.75 |