Ghs i and d pilonidal cyst simple at MUSC Health Chester Medical Center
1 Medical Park Drive, Chester, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1558937474
$406.50
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.
$813.00
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.
$205.80 with Bcbs vs $4,862.00 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 | $205.80 | ↓ -49% |
| Bcbs | Employee | $207.32 | ↓ -49% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Exchange | $271.62 | ↓ -33% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $271.62 | ↓ -33% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $276.42 | ↓ -32% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $466.25 | ↑ +15% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $512.18 | ↑ +26% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $684.49 | ↑ +68% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $695.02 | ↑ +71% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $698.18 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $701.90 | ↑ +73% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $735.83 | ↑ +81% |
| Molina | Exchange | $752.94 | ↑ +85% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,212.00 | ↑ +936% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $4,862.00 | ↑ +1096% |
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Ghs i and d pilonidal cyst simple at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital | GREER | $805.35 | $190.81 – $3,434.72 |
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $1,066.00 | $207.32 – $3,708.00 |
| MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center | Camden | $336.00 | $152.16 – $2,136.00 |
| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $465.60 | not published |
| St Francis Eastside | Greenville | $465.60 | not published |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $494.00 | $658.62 – $724.48 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $494.00 | $151.19 – $724.48 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $357.50 | $184.47 – $3,532.00 |