Prq card revasc chronic addl 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

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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.

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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.

$12,546.00 with Bcbs vs $49,431.64 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 Employee $12,546.00
Bcbs State Other Commercial Plan $16,728.00
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $21,847.00
Bcbs Lowcountry Blue Exchange $33,656.25
Bcbs Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange $34,882.41
Bcbs Blueessentials Exchange $34,882.41
Bcbs Preferred Blue Ppo $44,999.22
Bcbs Bluechoice Hmo $49,431.64

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Prq card revasc chronic addl at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $17,269.50 $12,546.00 – $17,234.00
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $11,057.00 $4,862.00 – $20,575.00
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $13,127.50 not published
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $13,127.50 $9,134.85 – $9,134.85
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $10,633.50 $11,145.61 – $16,413.00
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $1,660.42 – $12,857.55
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $1,660.42 – $12,857.55
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden not published $9,193.59 – $19,595.00

All South-carolina hospitals for this procedure →