Trnscath tx thromblytc artery non-intracrn ini day at MUSC Health Chester Medical Center
1 Medical Park Drive, Chester, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1558937474
$1,253.00
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.
$2,506.00
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.
$2,290.75 with Bcbs vs $20,575.00 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 | Lowcountry Blue Exchange | $2,290.75 | ↑ +83% |
| Bcbs | Employee | $2,311.83 | ↑ +85% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $3,023.80 | ↑ +141% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Exchange | $3,023.80 | ↑ +141% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $3,082.44 | ↑ +146% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $4,862.00 | ↑ +288% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $5,190.56 | ↑ +314% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,378.70 | ↑ +329% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $5,461.43 | ↑ +336% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,486.28 | ↑ +338% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,515.50 | ↑ +340% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $5,701.82 | ↑ +355% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $5,782.10 | ↑ +361% |
| Molina | Exchange | $5,916.57 | ↑ +372% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $11,255.00 | ↑ +798% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $20,575.00 | ↑ +1542% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Trnscath tx thromblytc artery non-intracrn ini day at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $4,778.00 | $2,311.83 – $12,500.00 |
| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $3,316.20 | not published |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $2,462.50 | $5,175.41 – $5,692.95 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $2,462.50 | $1,683.16 – $5,692.95 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $1,814.00 | $2,053.66 – $11,904.00 |
| MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center | Lancaster | $2,723.00 | $2,311.83 – $21,847.00 |
| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | not published | $364.13 – $3,347.53 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | not published | $364.13 – $3,347.53 |