Warde collagen cross links c-telopeptide 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

$138.00

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.

$276.00

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.

$10.71 with Unitedhealthcare vs $124.75 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 $10.71 ↓ -92%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $18.68 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $19.05 ↓ -86%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $20.08 ↓ -85%
Molina Exchange $20.55 ↓ -85%
Bcbs Employee $50.49 ↓ -63%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $67.32 ↓ -51%
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $78.81 ↓ -43%
Bcbs Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange $83.55 ↓ -39%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $83.55 ↓ -39%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $104.37 ↓ -24%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $124.75 ↓ -10%

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Warde collagen cross links c-telopeptide at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $235.00 $18.68 – $20.55
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $145.00 $10.69 – $20.55
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $138.50 $18.68 – $20.55
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $138.50 $18.68 – $36.79
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $100.00 $10.71 – $44.89
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $132.50 $18.68 – $32.12
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $15.95 – $73.11
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $15.95 – $73.11

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