Thrombectomy/inf pq dialysis circuit w/pta 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

$22,781.00

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.

$45,562.00

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.

$341.96 with Bcbs vs $11,810.69 with Molina — 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 $341.96 ↓ -98%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $455.94 ↓ -98%
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $533.30 ↓ -98%
Bcbs Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange $565.29 ↓ -98%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $565.29 ↓ -98%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $706.14 ↓ -97%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $844.05 ↓ -96%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $8,283.00 ↓ -64%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,737.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,951.74 ↓ -52%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $11,542.27 ↓ -49%
Molina Exchange $11,810.69 ↓ -48%

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Thrombectomy/inf pq dialysis circuit w/pta at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St Francis Downtown Greenville $21,225.00 $11,057.56 – $11,168.14
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $18,003.50 $341.96 – $21,388.00
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $16,483.50 $10,737.00 – $11,810.69
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $16,483.50 $248.91 – $11,810.69
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $13,351.50 $303.70 – $11,810.69
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $16,483.50 $341.96 – $22,497.00
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $975.11 – $6,899.93
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $975.11 – $6,899.93

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