Control of nosebleedantersmpl 30901 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

$344.00

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.

$688.00

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.

$123.75 with Bcbs vs $2,118.00 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.

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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 Medicare Managed Care Plan $123.75 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $126.22 ↓ -63%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $133.03 ↓ -61%
Molina Exchange $136.12 ↓ -60%
Bcbs Employee $162.95 ↓ -53%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $217.26 ↓ -37%
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $254.77 ↓ -26%
Bcbs Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange $270.06 ↓ -21%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $270.06 ↓ -21%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $337.35 ↓ -2%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $403.23 ↑ +17%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,118.00 ↑ +516%

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Control of nosebleedantersmpl 30901 at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital GREER $373.75 $88.55 – $782.00
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $298.50 $119.68 – $368.00
St Francis Downtown Greenville $96.60 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $96.60 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $196.50 $128.61 – $2,261.00
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $239.50 $123.75 – $136.12
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $239.50 $118.91 – $136.12
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $173.00 $123.75 – $2,017.00

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