Colonoscopy (with polyp removal) at MUSC Health Florence Medical Center
805 Pamplico Hwy Box 100550, Florence, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1184197683
$1,452.50
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.
$2,905.00
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.
$641.84 with Bcbs vs $4,128.00 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 | Employee | $641.84 | ↓ -56% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $855.78 | ↓ -41% |
| Bcbs | Lowcountry Blue Exchange | $1,017.90 | ↓ -30% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange | $1,061.89 | ↓ -27% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $1,061.89 | ↓ -27% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,112.97 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,135.23 | ↓ -22% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $1,196.44 | ↓ -18% |
| Molina | Exchange | $1,224.27 | ↓ -16% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $1,326.47 | ↓ -9% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $1,585.52 | ↑ +9% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,128.00 | ↑ +184% |
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Colonoscopy (with polyp removal) at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $11,253.80 | $1,146.20 – $1,157.66 |
| St Francis Eastside | Greenville | $12,726.85 | $1,146.20 – $1,157.66 |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $666.00 | $641.84 – $6,492.00 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $637.00 | $1,112.97 – $1,224.27 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $637.00 | $467.58 – $1,224.27 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $535.00 | $570.23 – $3,931.00 |
| MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center | Lancaster | $1,310.50 | $641.84 – $8,099.00 |
| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | not published | $832.93 – $1,660.42 |