Observation per hour at Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital

830 S BUNCOMBE ROAD, GREER, SC · · · NPI 1982150009

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published unknown · Ingested unknown

$136.50

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.

$210.00

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.

$4.47 with MEDICAID NORTH CAROLINA [310] vs $332.27 with PENDING MEDICAID DET [333] — 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
MEDICAID NORTH CAROLINA [310] PH North Carolina Medicaid $4.47 ↓ -97%
MEDICAID NC-WELLCARE [3224] PH North Carolina Medicaid $4.47 ↓ -97%
MEDICAID NC-CAROLINA COMPLETE [3229] PH North Carolina Medicaid $4.47 ↓ -97%
MEDICAID NC-AMERIHEALTH [3225] PH North Carolina Medicaid $4.47 ↓ -97%
MEDICAID NC-HEALTHY BLUE [3227] PH North Carolina Medicaid $4.47 ↓ -97%
MEDICAID NC-UHC COMMUNITY PLAN [3226] PH North Carolina Medicaid $4.47 ↓ -97%
PRISMA HEALTH SENIORCARE PACE - MIDLANDS [5400] PH HB SENIORCARE PACE $6.73 ↓ -95%
PRISMA HEALTH SENIORCARE PACE-UPSTATE [5200] PH HB SENIORCARE PACE $6.73 ↓ -95%
PROMISE HEALTH PLAN CONTRACTED [2401] PH HB PROMISE PRISMA EMPLOYEE PLAN $10.15 ↓ -93%
ORANGEBURG SENIOR HELPING CENTER PACE [5401] PH OAKS PACE $11.60 ↓ -92%
BOB JONES UNIV-PAI [821] GHS HB MyHFN BOB JONES PAI $17.40 ↓ -87%
PROMISE HEALTH PLAN CONTRACTED [2401] PH HB PROMISE HEALTHCARE $17.40 ↓ -87%
MERITAIN HEALTH CONTRACTED [2200] PHU HB AETNA SC PREFERRED $18.56 ↓ -86%
AETNA [2000] PHU HB AETNA SC PREFERRED $18.56 ↓ -86%
MVP HEALTH CARE [3037] PHU HB CIGNA $20.13 ↓ -85%
CIGNA [2800] PHU HB CIGNA $20.13 ↓ -85%
EVERNORTH BEHAVIORAL CONTRACTED [2982] PHU HB CIGNA $20.13 ↓ -85%
PREFERRED ADMINISTRATORS CONTRACTED [2839] PH HB PREFERRED ADMINISTRATORS $20.30 ↓ -85%
MEDCOST [2940] PH HB MEDCOST BENEFIT SERVICES $21.46 ↓ -84%
ATLANTIC PACKAGING CONTRACTED [4833] PH HB ATLANTIC PACKAGING $21.75 ↓ -84%
MERITAIN HEALTH CONTRACTED [2200] PHU HB AETNA $22.91 ↓ -83%
AETNA [2000] PHU HB AETNA $22.91 ↓ -83%
AETNA-LUMINARE CONTRACTED [2400] PHU HB AETNA $22.91 ↓ -83%
APS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM [2981] GHS HB AMERICAN PSYCH SERVICES (APS) $23.20 ↓ -83%
MEDCOST [2940] PH HB MEDCOST $24.07 ↓ -82%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS CONTRACTED [2950] PH HB MULTIPLAN $25.81 ↓ -81%
VSP VISION CARE [2986] GHS HB VISION SERVICE PLAN (VSP) $26.10 ↓ -81%
QUIKTRIP-FIRST HEALTH [3067] PHU HB AETNA FIRST HEALTH (AKA RENTAL NETWORK) $26.97 ↓ -80%
FIRST HEALTH CONTRACTED [2952] PHU HB AETNA FIRST HEALTH (AKA RENTAL NETWORK) $26.97 ↓ -80%
FURMAN INT/ALLEN UNIVERSITY STUDENT [2951] PHU HB AETNA FIRST HEALTH (AKA RENTAL NETWORK) $26.97 ↓ -80%
MEDICAID SC [300] PHU HB SC MEDICAID - GRMH $332.27 ↑ +143%
PENDING MEDICAID DET [333] PHU HB SC MEDICAID - GRMH $332.27 ↑ +143%

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