Ghs i and d perirectal abscess 46040 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

$3,028.50

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.

$6,057.00

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.

$1,156.69 with Bcbs vs $9,863.00 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.

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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 $1,156.69 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $1,174.48 ↓ -61%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,179.82 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,186.11 ↓ -61%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $1,243.44 ↓ -59%
Molina Exchange $1,272.36 ↓ -58%
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $3,377.57 ↑ +12%
Bcbs Employee $3,408.08 ↑ +13%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $4,392.00 ↑ +45%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $4,458.42 ↑ +47%
Bcbs Bluechoice Exchange $4,458.42 ↑ +47%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $4,544.10 ↑ +50%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $7,653.18 ↑ +153%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $8,407.00 ↑ +178%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $9,204.00 ↑ +204%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $9,863.00 ↑ +226%

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Ghs i and d perirectal abscess 46040 at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $4,866.00 $1,112.97 – $4,128.00
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $3,628.00 $1,156.69 – $3,633.00
St Francis Downtown Greenville $3,434.40 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $3,434.40 not published
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $3,383.50 $1,112.97 – $1,224.27
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $3,383.50 $1,112.97 – $2,481.72
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $2,447.00 $1,112.97 – $3,931.00
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $5,201.50 $1,162.85 – $8,099.00

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