Antibody id rbc panel at MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center

800 W Meeting St, Lancaster, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1700359205

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$417.00

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.

$834.00

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.

$30.20 with Unitedhealthcare vs $383.16 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
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $30.20 ↓ -93%
Bcbs Employee $53.55 ↓ -87%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $71.40 ↓ -83%
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $144.67 ↓ -65%
Bcbs Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange $149.93 ↓ -64%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $149.93 ↓ -64%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $193.41 ↓ -54%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $212.47 ↓ -49%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $348.32 ↓ -16%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $355.29 ↓ -15%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $374.45 ↓ -10%
Molina Exchange $383.16 ↓ -8%

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Antibody id rbc panel at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $375.50 $13.26 – $366.72
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $189.00 $39.52 – $381.13
St Francis Downtown Greenville $220.80 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $220.80 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $321.50 $53.55 – $381.13
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $232.00 $333.38 – $366.72
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $232.00 $39.26 – $366.72
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $209.00 $13.26 – $366.72

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