Insrt/redo neurostim 1 array 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

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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.

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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.

$17,885.00 with Unitedhealthcare vs $68,922.31 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 $17,885.00
Bcbs Employee $27,915.62
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $28,700.06
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $29,274.07
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $30,852.57
Molina Exchange $31,570.07
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $37,220.82
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $43,547.48
Bcbs Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange $46,160.09
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $46,160.09
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $57,661.26
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $68,922.31

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Insrt/redo neurostim 1 array at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St Francis Downtown Greenville $204,144.90 $29,556.94 – $29,852.51
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $34,874.00 not published
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $34,874.00 $20,325.51 – $31,570.07
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $25,221.50 $17,033.00 – $31,570.07
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $30,126.91 – $42,160.00
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $30,126.91 – $42,160.00
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden not published $20,456.20 – $74,546.00
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester not published $5,192.00 – $32,810.18

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