Ins/rpl pm gen exist dual lead 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

$22,061.00

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.

$44,122.00

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.

$9,721.17 with Bcbs vs $39,554.45 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 $9,721.17 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $9,915.59 ↓ -55%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $10,450.26 ↓ -53%
Molina Exchange $10,693.29 ↓ -52%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $15,499.00 ↓ -30%
Bcbs Employee $16,020.63 ↓ -27%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $21,360.84 ↓ -3%
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $24,991.86 ↑ +13%
Bcbs Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange $26,491.24 ↑ +20%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $26,491.24 ↑ +20%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $33,091.74 ↑ +50%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $39,554.45 ↑ +79%

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Ins/rpl pm gen exist dual lead at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St Francis Downtown Greenville $20,535.60 not published
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $5,143.50 $9,721.17 – $10,693.29
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $5,143.50 $9,721.17 – $11,664.79
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $4,166.00 $9,721.17 – $14,761.00
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $1,966.31 – $23,197.87
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $1,966.31 – $23,197.87
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden not published $10,103.03 – $39,660.00
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester not published $9,204.00 – $24,406.00

All South-carolina hospitals for this procedure →