Contrast exam abdominl aorta 75625-26 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

$3,103.00

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.

$6,206.00

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.

$1,559.46 with Bcbs vs $6,374.07 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
Bcbs Employee $1,559.46 ↓ -50%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $2,079.28 ↓ -33%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,068.32 ↓ -1%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,129.68 ↑ +1%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $3,298.44 ↑ +6%
Molina Exchange $3,375.15 ↑ +9%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $4,497.99 ↑ +45%
Bcbs Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange $4,497.99 ↑ +45%
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $5,751.33 ↑ +85%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $5,802.52 ↑ +87%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $6,374.07 ↑ +105%

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Contrast exam abdominl aorta 75625-26 at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $4,429.00 $1,559.46 – $3,230.37
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $4,699.50 $194.63 – $3,357.27
St Francis Downtown Greenville $4,657.20 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $3,011.50 $194.63 – $3,357.27
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $3,239.00 $2,936.70 – $3,230.37
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $3,239.00 $1,177.91 – $3,230.37
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $1,954.00 $1,480.31 – $3,230.37
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $102.80 – $5,508.13

All South-carolina hospitals for this procedure →