Cardiac perf planar mult/ef/wm at MUSC Health Florence Medical Center

805 Pamplico Hwy Box 100550, Florence, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1184197683

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$2,716.50

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.

$5,433.00

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.

$1,113.08 with Bcbs vs $2,747.62 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
Bcbs Employee $1,113.08 ↓ -59%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,204.12 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,228.21 ↓ -55%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $1,294.43 ↓ -52%
Molina Exchange $1,324.54 ↓ -51%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $1,484.10 ↓ -45%
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $1,736.04 ↓ -36%
Bcbs Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange $1,840.19 ↓ -32%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $1,840.19 ↓ -32%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $2,298.69 ↓ -15%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $2,747.62 ↑ +1%

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Cardiac perf planar mult/ef/wm at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER $8,704.00 $128.60 – $2,284.59
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson $8,704.00 $128.60 – $2,284.59
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $1,787.50 $1,204.12 – $1,324.54
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $1,787.50 $810.28 – $1,324.54
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $1,361.00 $988.65 – $1,324.54
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $5,370.50 $1,113.08 – $1,383.90
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden not published $815.50 – $1,376.57
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester not published $1,111.34 – $1,376.57

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