Ghs eeg cont rec w/video by tec min 8 chnls 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

$210.50

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.

$421.00

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.

$200.83 with Bcbs vs $646.26 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 Medicare Managed Care Plan $200.83 ↓ -5%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $204.84 ↓ -3%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $215.89 ↑ +3%
Molina Exchange $220.91 ↑ +5%
Bcbs Employee $261.63 ↑ +24%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $348.84 ↑ +66%
Bcbs Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange $432.83 ↑ +106%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $432.83 ↑ +106%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $540.67 ↑ +157%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $646.26 ↑ +207%

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Ghs eeg cont rec w/video by tec min 8 chnls at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER $1,099.00 $222.11 – $378.84
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson $1,099.00 $222.11 – $378.84
St Francis Downtown Greenville $478.80 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $478.80 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $439.50 $208.71 – $229.59
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $447.50 $200.83 – $220.91
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $447.50 $190.59 – $220.91
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $364.00 $200.83 – $232.53

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