Infect ag genotype na cytomegalovirus 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

$1,215.50

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.

$2,431.00

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.

$76.50 with Bcbs vs $1,220.92 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 Employee $76.50 ↓ -94%
Bcbs Employee $76.50 ↓ -94%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $99.70 ↓ -92%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $99.70 ↓ -92%
Bcbs Bluechoice Exchange $99.70 ↓ -92%
Bcbs Bluechoice Exchange $99.70 ↓ -92%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $102.00 ↓ -92%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $102.00 ↓ -92%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $147.29 ↓ -88%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $147.29 ↓ -88%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $171.13 ↓ -86%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $171.13 ↓ -86%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $187.99 ↓ -85%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $187.99 ↓ -85%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $257.45 ↓ -79%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $257.45 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $260.02 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $260.02 ↓ -79%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $262.60 ↓ -78%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $262.60 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $262.60 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $262.60 ↓ -78%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $276.76 ↓ -77%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $276.76 ↓ -77%
Molina Exchange $283.20 ↓ -77%
Molina Exchange $283.20 ↓ -77%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,220.92 ↑ +0%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,220.92 ↑ +0%

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Infect ag genotype na cytomegalovirus at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $1,325.50 $55.85 – $283.20
St Francis Downtown Greenville $772.20 not published
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $1,183.50 $257.45 – $283.20
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $1,183.50 $55.50 – $283.20
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $864.50 $67.71 – $283.20
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $1,173.50 $76.50 – $424.66
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $58.10 – $540.64
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $58.10 – $540.64

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