Intrapul surf admin endo tube at MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center
800 W Meeting St, Lancaster, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1700359205
$211.00
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.
$422.00
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.
$58.91 with Bcbs vs $234.07 with Molina — 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 | Employee | $58.91 | ↓ -72% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $78.54 | ↓ -63% |
| Bcbs | Lowcountry Blue Exchange | $158.70 | ↓ -25% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange | $164.50 | ↓ -22% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $164.50 | ↓ -22% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $212.21 | ↑ +1% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $212.79 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $217.05 | ↑ +3% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $228.75 | ↑ +8% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $233.11 | ↑ +10% |
| Molina | Exchange | $234.07 | ↑ +11% |
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Intrapul surf admin endo tube at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | $390.00 | $52.96 – $85.29 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | $390.00 | $52.96 – $85.29 |
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $192.00 | $58.91 – $224.03 |
| St Francis Eastside | Greenville | $152.40 | not published |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $146.00 | $58.63 – $232.83 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $90.50 | $203.67 – $224.03 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $90.50 | $43.08 – $224.03 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $65.00 | $52.56 – $224.03 |