Immune complex assay 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

$55.00

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.

$110.00

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.

$13.97 with Unitedhealthcare vs $118.88 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
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $13.97 ↓ -75%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $24.37 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $24.86 ↓ -55%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $26.20 ↓ -52%
Molina Exchange $26.81 ↓ -51%
Bcbs Employee $45.75 ↓ -17%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $61.00 ↑ +11%
Bcbs Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange $79.62 ↑ +45%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $79.62 ↑ +45%
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $87.29 ↑ +59%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $99.46 ↑ +81%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $118.88 ↑ +116%

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Immune complex assay at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER $190.00 $20.80 – $66.25
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson $190.00 $20.80 – $66.25
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $83.00 $24.37 – $26.81
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $105.00 $13.94 – $26.81
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $65.50 $24.37 – $26.81
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $65.50 $24.37 – $35.06
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $71.00 $13.97 – $44.06
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $49.50 $24.37 – $41.89

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