Abdominal MRI (without contrast) at HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER

401 N LIVE OAK DR, MONCKS CORNER, SC · HCA Trident Health System · · NPI 1366496937

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$10,086.00

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.

$10,086.00

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.

$227.83 with Select Health vs $9,581.70 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
Select Health HIX $227.83 ↓ -98%
Absolute Total Care HIX $423.01 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -95%
SC State Employees COMM $678.97 ↓ -93%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $726.27 ↓ -93%
United MCD $726.27 ↓ -93%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $906.69 ↓ -91%
BCBS PBHIX $906.69 ↓ -91%
BCBS PreferredBlue $1,666.51 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueChoice $1,666.51 ↓ -83%
Absolute Total Care MCD $1,815.48 ↓ -82%
Aetna SC NB $1,909.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna SC AFA $1,909.00 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health MCR $1,916.34 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,916.34 ↓ -81%
Aetna SC FI $2,561.00 ↓ -75%
Medcost NEWULTRA $3,852.85 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $4,034.40 ↓ -60%
Employers Health Network COMM $4,538.70 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefit $4,538.70 ↓ -55%
Aetna SC SI $4,684.00 ↓ -54%
Medcost NEWPAYER $5,426.27 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $5,446.44 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $5,668.33 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $6,555.90 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $7,362.78 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare PPO $7,564.50 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $8,068.80 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMM $8,573.10 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMM $8,573.10 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $9,077.40 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $9,581.70 ↓ -5%

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Abdominal MRI (without contrast) at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson $10,086.00 $227.83 – $906.69

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