Closed tx septal&nose fx at MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center
800 W Meeting St, Lancaster, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1700359205
$2,705.00
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.
$5,410.00
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.
$2,534.45 with Bcbs vs $9,984.91 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.
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 | $2,534.45 | ↓ -6% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,221.84 | ↑ +19% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,286.27 | ↑ +21% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $3,379.26 | ↑ +25% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $3,463.47 | ↑ +28% |
| Molina | Exchange | $3,544.02 | ↑ +31% |
| Bcbs | Lowcountry Blue Exchange | $6,798.35 | ↑ +151% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange | $7,046.05 | ↑ +160% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $7,046.05 | ↑ +160% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $8,099.00 | ↑ +199% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $9,089.59 | ↑ +236% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $9,984.91 | ↑ +269% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Closed tx septal&nose fx at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $2,826.00 | $2,534.45 – $4,128.00 |
| MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center | Camden | $2,331.50 | $1,857.05 – $3,633.00 |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $2,664.50 | $2,511.24 – $6,492.00 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $3,014.50 | $3,083.64 – $3,392.00 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $3,014.50 | $1,845.19 – $3,392.00 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $2,180.00 | $2,251.35 – $3,931.00 |
| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | not published | $1,019.57 – $3,669.88 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | not published | $1,019.57 – $3,669.88 |