Amino acid screen, urine 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

$516.00

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.

$516.00

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.

$11.83 with Humana vs $490.20 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
Humana Tricare $11.83 ↓ -98%
Agape Hospice MCD $13.87 ↓ -97%
Agape Hospice MCR $13.87 ↓ -97%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $13.87 ↓ -97%
Odyssey Hospice MCR $13.87 ↓ -97%
Humana BH MCR $13.87 ↓ -97%
United VACCN $13.87 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.87 ↓ -97%
HUMANA MCR $13.87 ↓ -97%
Companion MCR $13.87 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.87 ↓ -97%
Advantage Hospice MCD $13.87 ↓ -97%
Advantage Hospice MCR $13.87 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MEDICARE $13.87 ↓ -97%
Arcadian MCR $13.87 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $14.01 ↓ -97%
Molina MCRMMP $14.15 ↓ -97%
United MCR $14.15 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $14.15 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $14.15 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $14.15 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $14.15 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $14.15 ↓ -97%
Absolute Total Care MCR $14.15 ↓ -97%
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $14.29 ↓ -97%
Eon Health MCR $14.56 ↓ -97%
Clover MCR $14.56 ↓ -97%
Cigna MCR $14.98 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $16.64 ↓ -97%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $17.87 ↓ -97%
United MCD $17.87 ↓ -97%
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $19.03 ↓ -96%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $19.03 ↓ -96%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $19.03 ↓ -96%
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $20.39 ↓ -96%
Aetna SC NB $20.84 ↓ -96%
Aetna SC AFA $20.84 ↓ -96%
Seven Corners COMM $24.27 ↓ -95%
Absolute Total Care HIX $24.27 ↓ -95%
Select Health HIX $26.91 ↓ -95%
Aetna SC FI $27.96 ↓ -95%
NaphCare PRISN $29.13 ↓ -94%
Aetna SC SI $36.34 ↓ -93%
Molina HIX $41.61 ↓ -92%
SC State Employees COMM $76.48 ↓ -85%
Absolute Total Care MCD $92.88 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $98.04 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health MCR $98.04 ↓ -81%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $114.56 ↓ -78%
BCBS PBHIX $114.56 ↓ -78%
Medcost NEWULTRA $197.11 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $206.40 ↓ -60%
BCBS PreferredBlue $226.09 ↓ -56%
BCBS BlueChoice $226.09 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefit $232.20 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $232.20 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $258.00 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $277.61 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $278.64 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $289.99 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $335.40 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $376.68 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare PPO $387.00 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $387.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $412.80 ↓ -20%
Prime Health COMM $438.60 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $438.60 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $464.40 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $490.20 ↓ -5%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson $516.00 $11.83 – $114.56

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