Biopsy muscle percutaneous needle at MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center
800 W Meeting St, Lancaster, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1700359205
$1,685.50
Cash price 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.
$3,371.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,086.30 with Bcbs vs $8,099.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Bcbs | Employee | $1,086.30 | ↓ -36% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $1,448.40 | ↓ -14% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,604.96 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,637.06 | ↓ -3% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $1,725.33 | ↑ +2% |
| Molina | Exchange | $1,765.45 | ↑ +5% |
| Bcbs | Lowcountry Blue Exchange | $2,913.28 | ↑ +73% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange | $3,019.42 | ↑ +79% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $3,019.42 | ↑ +79% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $3,895.13 | ↑ +131% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $4,278.80 | ↑ +154% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $8,099.00 | ↑ +381% |
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Biopsy muscle percutaneous needle at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $2,696.00 | $1,086.30 – $4,128.00 |
| MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center | Camden | $1,224.50 | $795.80 – $3,633.00 |
| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $1,210.20 | not published |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $925.00 | $1,076.14 – $4,604.00 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $1,166.00 | $1,536.11 – $1,689.73 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $1,166.00 | $790.71 – $1,689.73 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $843.50 | $964.76 – $3,931.00 |
| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | not published | $553.71 – $1,572.96 |