Insertion of new/replacement ppm w/transvenous electrode(s) atrial & ventricular at MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center
800 W Meeting St, Lancaster, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1700359205
$20,706.50
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.
$41,413.00
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.
$10,156.85 with Bcbs vs $83,396.85 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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| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $10,156.85 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $10,359.98 | ↓ -50% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $10,918.61 | ↓ -47% |
| Molina | Exchange | $11,172.53 | ↓ -46% |
| Bcbs | Employee | $21,166.79 | ↑ +2% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $23,813.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $28,222.38 | ↑ +36% |
| Bcbs | Lowcountry Blue Exchange | $56,781.94 | ↑ +174% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange | $58,850.62 | ↑ +184% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $58,850.62 | ↑ +184% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $75,918.85 | ↑ +267% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $83,396.85 | ↑ +303% |
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Insertion of new/replacement ppm w/transvenous electrode(s) atrial & ventricular at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $29,386.50 | $9,721.17 – $15,499.00 |
| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $17,758.80 | not published |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $4,435.00 | $9,721.17 – $10,693.29 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $4,435.00 | $9,721.17 – $15,411.54 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $3,592.50 | $9,721.17 – $18,803.93 |
| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | not published | $1,966.31 – $30,649.50 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | not published | $1,966.31 – $30,649.50 |
| MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center | Camden | not published | $10,103.03 – $54,144.00 |