Abdominal CT scan (with contrast) at MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center
3000 St Matthews Rd Box 1806, Orangeburg, SC · Muschealth · · NPI 1770280299
$850.50
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.
$1,701.00
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.
$163.14 with Aetna vs $179.45 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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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $163.14 | ↓ -81% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $166.40 | ↓ -80% |
| Absolute Total Care | Ambetter Exchange | $175.37 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Exchange | $179.45 | ↓ -79% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Abdominal CT scan (with contrast) at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | $5,887.00 | $307.66 – $688.52 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | $5,887.00 | $307.66 – $688.52 |
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $2,333.00 | $163.14 – $179.45 |
| MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center | Camden | $1,532.50 | $169.54 – $186.50 |
| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $1,408.20 | not published |
| St Francis Eastside | Greenville | $1,408.20 | not published |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $2,054.00 | $169.54 – $186.50 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $850.50 | $163.14 – $356.19 |