Revise/repl vagus n eltrd 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.

$2,886.35 with Bcbs vs $12,500.00 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 $2,886.35
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $3,848.46
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $4,503.07
Bcbs Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange $4,773.22
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $4,773.22
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $5,962.51
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $7,126.97
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,363.57
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,570.85
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $11,140.84
Molina Exchange $11,399.93
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $12,500.00

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Revise/repl vagus n eltrd at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $2,966.23 – $5,050.40
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $2,966.23 – $5,050.40
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden not published $2,115.29 – $19,595.00
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester not published $2,860.49 – $24,327.00
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston not published $2,101.78 – $11,399.93
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades not published $2,564.42 – $11,904.00
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster not published $2,886.35 – $21,847.00

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