Fragmenting of kidney stone at MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center
800 W Meeting St, Lancaster, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1700359205
$12,555.50
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.
$25,111.00
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.
$3,425.44 with Bcbs vs $21,847.00 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 | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,425.44 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,493.95 | ↓ -72% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $3,682.35 | ↓ -71% |
| Molina | Exchange | $3,767.99 | ↓ -70% |
| Bcbs | Employee | $5,073.48 | ↓ -60% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $6,764.64 | ↓ -46% |
| Bcbs | Lowcountry Blue Exchange | $14,132.93 | ↑ +13% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange | $14,136.25 | ↑ +13% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $14,136.25 | ↑ +13% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $18,236.13 | ↑ +45% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $20,032.39 | ↑ +60% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $21,847.00 | ↑ +74% |
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Fragmenting of kidney stone at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $10,252.50 | $3,278.51 – $12,500.00 |
| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $11,067.80 | $3,376.39 – $3,410.15 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $3,056.50 | $3,278.51 – $3,606.36 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $3,056.50 | $3,278.51 – $3,701.94 |
| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | not published | $6,899.93 – $14,663.12 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | not published | $6,899.93 – $14,663.12 |
| MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center | Camden | not published | $3,407.29 – $19,595.00 |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | not published | $3,407.29 – $29,543.00 |