Infect ag genotype na hiv-1 other region 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

$1,209.50

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.

$2,419.00

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.

$128.73 with Bcbs vs $2,564.99 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 Medicare Managed Care Plan $128.73 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $131.30 ↓ -89%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $138.38 ↓ -89%
Molina Exchange $141.60 ↓ -88%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $217.37 ↓ -82%
Bcbs Employee $651.02 ↓ -46%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $868.02 ↓ -28%
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $1,746.40 ↑ +44%
Bcbs Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange $1,810.04 ↑ +50%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $1,810.04 ↑ +50%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $2,335.00 ↑ +93%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $2,564.99 ↑ +112%

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Infect ag genotype na hiv-1 other region at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $1,343.50 $73.76 – $141.60
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $500.00 $128.73 – $141.60
St Francis Downtown Greenville $386.40 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $386.40 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $1,596.50 $73.65 – $141.60
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $473.50 $128.73 – $141.60
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $473.50 $128.73 – $474.00
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $346.00 $73.76 – $578.34

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