Ghs o2 saturation 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

$47.50

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.

$95.00

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.

$4.99 with Unitedhealthcare vs $48.29 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
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $4.99 ↓ -89%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $9.77 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $9.87 ↓ -79%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $9.97 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $9.97 ↓ -79%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $10.50 ↓ -78%
Molina Exchange $10.75 ↓ -77%
Bcbs Employee $19.44 ↓ -59%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $25.61 ↓ -46%
Bcbs Bluechoice Exchange $25.61 ↓ -46%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $25.92 ↓ -45%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $43.96 ↓ -7%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $46.33 ↓ -2%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $48.29 ↑ +2%

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Ghs o2 saturation at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER $25.00 $8.34 – $25.28
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson $25.00 $8.34 – $25.28
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $54.50 $5.00 – $10.75
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $36.50 $9.77 – $10.75
St Francis Downtown Greenville $70.80 not published
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $36.50 $9.77 – $10.75
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $36.50 $9.77 – $14.25
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $26.00 $5.00 – $17.91

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