Debridement bone <= 20 sq cm 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

$5,154.00

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.

$10,308.00

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.

$1,062.59 with Bcbs vs $3,708.00 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 Employee $1,062.59 ↓ -79%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $1,416.78 ↓ -73%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,536.11 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,566.84 ↓ -70%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $1,651.32 ↓ -68%
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $1,657.12 ↓ -68%
Molina Exchange $1,689.73 ↓ -67%
Bcbs Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange $1,756.54 ↓ -66%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $1,756.54 ↓ -66%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $2,194.19 ↓ -57%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $2,622.71 ↓ -49%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $3,708.00 ↓ -28%

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Debridement bone <= 20 sq cm at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St Francis Downtown Greenville $20,275.30 $1,581.98 – $1,597.80
St Francis Eastside Greenville $4,299.00 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $1,049.50 $1,062.59 – $6,492.00
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $1,879.50 $1,536.11 – $1,689.73
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $1,879.50 $773.45 – $1,689.73
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $1,359.00 $943.71 – $3,532.00
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $1,965.50 $1,062.59 – $2,869.00
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $1,072.53 – $1,660.42

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