Prim art mech thrmbc non-intracranial at MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center
800 W Meeting St, Lancaster, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1700359205
$6,522.00
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.
$13,044.00
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.
$5,925.69 with Bcbs vs $23,347.03 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 | Employee | $5,925.69 | ↓ -9% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $7,900.92 | ↑ +21% |
| Bcbs | Lowcountry Blue Exchange | $15,896.16 | ↑ +144% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange | $16,475.29 | ↑ +153% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $16,475.29 | ↑ +153% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $17,813.98 | ↑ +173% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $18,170.26 | ↑ +179% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $19,150.03 | ↑ +194% |
| Molina | Exchange | $19,595.38 | ↑ +200% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $21,253.56 | ↑ +226% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $21,847.00 | ↑ +235% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $23,347.03 | ↑ +258% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Prim art mech thrmbc non-intracranial at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital | GREER | $29,179.80 | $735.42 – $737.10 |
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $13,226.00 | $5,925.69 – $18,754.84 |
| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $40,097.40 | not published |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $4,377.50 | $5,871.89 – $29,543.00 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $9,728.50 | $17,049.85 – $18,754.84 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $9,728.50 | $4,314.47 – $18,754.84 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $5,873.50 | $5,264.18 – $18,754.84 |
| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | not published | $434.00 – $8,580.40 |