Tx closed tib fx proximal w/w/o manip w/skel trac at MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center
800 W Meeting St, Lancaster, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1700359205
$2,004.00
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.
$4,008.00
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.
$2,920.77 with Bcbs vs $11,509.33 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 | $2,920.77 | ↑ +46% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,179.60 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,243.20 | ↑ +62% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $3,418.07 | ↑ +71% |
| Molina | Exchange | $3,497.56 | ↑ +75% |
| Bcbs | State Other Commercial Plan | $3,894.36 | ↑ +94% |
| Bcbs | Lowcountry Blue Exchange | $7,836.30 | ↑ +291% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $8,099.00 | ↑ +304% |
| Bcbs | Blueessentials Exchange | $8,121.79 | ↑ +305% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice/Blueoptions Exchange | $8,121.79 | ↑ +305% |
| Bcbs | Preferred Blue Ppo | $10,477.32 | ↑ +423% |
| Bcbs | Bluechoice Hmo | $11,509.33 | ↑ +474% |
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Tx closed tib fx proximal w/w/o manip w/skel trac at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center | Camden | $2,882.00 | $2,140.58 – $3,633.00 |
| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $7,289.40 | not published |
| St Francis Eastside | Greenville | $7,289.40 | not published |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $2,233.50 | $3,043.22 – $3,347.54 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $2,233.50 | $2,126.90 – $3,347.54 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $1,615.00 | $2,595.07 – $3,931.00 |
| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | not published | $1,660.42 – $4,229.27 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | not published | $1,660.42 – $4,229.27 |