Mayo cortisol free 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

$311.50

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.

$623.00

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.

$9.58 with Unitedhealthcare vs $124.19 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 $9.58 ↓ -97%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $16.71 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.04 ↓ -95%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $17.96 ↓ -94%
Molina Exchange $18.38 ↓ -94%
Bcbs Employee $49.14 ↓ -84%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $65.52 ↓ -79%
Bcbs Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange $83.17 ↓ -73%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $83.17 ↓ -73%
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $96.27 ↓ -69%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $103.90 ↓ -67%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $124.19 ↓ -60%

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Mayo cortisol free at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $141.50 $16.71 – $18.38
St Francis Downtown Greenville $112.20 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $112.20 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $166.50 $9.56 – $18.38
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $159.00 $16.71 – $18.38
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $159.00 $16.71 – $36.62
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $115.00 $9.58 – $46.03
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $256.50 $16.71 – $28.73

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