Blood test, magnesium
Facility: Conway Medical Center
Billing Code: 83735 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $7 compared to the $8 fair price benchmark.
2-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.88× fair market pricing.
One of the lower prices — 0 of 8 other SC hospitals charge more for the same procedure.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 SC hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
Note: The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.
A fair price for a Blood test, magnesium is about $8 (about 1.1× the $7 Medicare rate). Conway Medical Center charges insurers about $7, or about $39 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Conway, SC.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.
| Insurance company | Price range | vs. Medicare |
|---|---|---|
| UnitedHealthcaremajor | $7 - $27 | 104% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $7 - $85 | 104% |
| Aetnamajor | $7 - $28 | 104% |
| Cignamajor | $27 | 403% |
| Humanamajor | $7 | 104% |
| Clover Health | $7 | 104% |
| Devoted Health | $7 | 104% |
| Molina | $7 | 104% |
| SelectHealth | $7 | 104% |
| WellCare | $7 | 104% |
| + 6 smaller / regional plans | $7 - $66 |
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Other Procedures at Conway Medical Center
Compare: Blood test, magnesium at other SC hospitals
- Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital · Seneca $7
- Prisma Health Richland Hospital · Columbia $7
- Colleton Medical Center · Walterboro $7
- Prisma Health Hillcrest Hospital · Simpsonville $7
- Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital · Clinton $7
- Beaufort County Memorial Hospital · Beaufort $7
- Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital · Sumter $7
- Hampton Regional Medical Center · Varnville $7
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
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Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $14
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $14).
Compare Prompt-Pay Cash Rate Against Remaining Deductible
Conway Medical Center's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $39 (vs. $7 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $8 Fair BaseRate ($7 Medicare)
Your bill ($39) is $31 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($8) and 5.6× the $7 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
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Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.