Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center
800 W Meeting St, Lancaster, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1700359205
$71.00
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.
$142.00
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.
$20.08 with Unitedhealthcare vs $139.40 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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| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $20.08 | ↓ -72% |
| Bcbs | Employee | $35.19 | ↓ -50% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $36.30 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $37.02 | ↓ -48% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $39.02 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina | Exchange | $39.93 | ↓ -44% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $46.92 | ↓ -34% |
| Bcbs | Lowcountry Blue Exchange | $94.91 | ↑ +34% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange | $98.37 | ↑ +39% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $98.37 | ↑ +39% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $126.90 | ↑ +79% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $139.40 | ↑ +96% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | $205.00 | $11.67 – $50.96 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | $205.00 | $11.67 – $50.96 |
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $83.50 | $8.33 – $38.21 |
| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $118.80 | not published |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $52.00 | $12.81 – $39.71 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $70.50 | $34.74 – $38.21 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $70.50 | $25.76 – $38.21 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $83.50 | $8.33 – $38.21 |