Ghs i and d pilonidal cyst simple 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

$1,066.00

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.

$2,132.00

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.

$207.32 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 $207.32 ↓ -81%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $276.42 ↓ -74%
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $323.94 ↓ -70%
Bcbs Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange $343.37 ↓ -68%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $343.37 ↓ -68%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $428.92 ↓ -60%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $512.69 ↓ -52%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $658.62 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $671.79 ↓ -37%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $708.01 ↓ -34%
Molina Exchange $724.48 ↓ -32%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $3,708.00 ↑ +248%

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Ghs i and d pilonidal cyst simple at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital GREER $805.35 $190.81 – $3,434.72
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $336.00 $152.16 – $2,136.00
St Francis Downtown Greenville $465.60 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $465.60 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $406.50 $205.80 – $4,212.00
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $494.00 $658.62 – $724.48
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $494.00 $151.19 – $724.48
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $357.50 $184.47 – $3,532.00

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