SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

New patient office visit, about 45 minutes in Columbia, SC

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 99204, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Northeast COLUMBIA, SC
HB MEDICAL VISIT NEW LEVEL 4
$205.50 $411.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
file
Musc Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown COLUMBIA, SC
HB MEDICAL VISIT NEW LEVEL 4
$205.50 $411.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
file
Kershaw Medical Center CAMDEN, SC
HB MEDICAL VISIT NEW LEVEL 4
$224.50 $449.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $205.50, median $205.50, highest $224.50 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $205.50. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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