Inj w/fluor eval cv device 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

$761.50

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.

$1,523.00

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.

$206.70 with Bcbs vs $1,544.00 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.

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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 $206.70 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $210.83 ↓ -72%
Absolute Total Care Ambetter Exchange $222.20 ↓ -71%
Molina Exchange $227.37 ↓ -70%
Bcbs Employee $255.51 ↓ -66%
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $340.68 ↓ -55%
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $684.85 ↓ -10%
Bcbs Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange $709.82 ↓ -7%
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $709.82 ↓ -7%
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $915.68 ↑ +20%
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $1,005.88 ↑ +32%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,544.00 ↑ +103%

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Inj w/fluor eval cv device at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $648.50 $197.83 – $2,118.00
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $454.50 $187.07 – $368.00
St Francis Downtown Greenville $428.40 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $406.00 $205.60 – $4,604.00
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $191.50 $197.83 – $217.61
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $191.50 $185.89 – $217.61
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $115.00 $197.83 – $2,017.00
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $331.58 – $1,019.57

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