Amniotic fluid scan 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

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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.

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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.

$7.98 with Humana vs $39.31 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 $7.98
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $8.86
United MCD $8.86
Agape Hospice MCD $9.35
Devoted Health MEDICARE $9.35
Humana BH MCR $9.35
United VACCN $9.35
United AllPayerAppendix $9.35
HUMANA MCR $9.35
Companion MCR $9.35
BCBS MCRPPO $9.35
Advantage Hospice MCD $9.35
Advantage Hospice MCR $9.35
Arcadian MCR $9.35
Agape Hospice MCR $9.35
United Behavioral Health VACCN $9.35
Odyssey Hospice MCR $9.35
Aetna MCR $9.44
WellCare MCRHMO $9.54
WellCare PFFS $9.54
WellCare PPO $9.54
Absolute Total Care MCR $9.54
WellCare SNP $9.54
United MCR $9.54
Molina MCRMMP $9.54
WellCare POS $9.54
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $9.63
Eon Health MCR $9.82
Clover MCR $9.82
Cigna MCR $10.10
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.22
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $12.83
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $12.83
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $12.83
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $13.74
Aetna SC AFA $14.04
Aetna SC NB $14.04
Seven Corners COMM $16.36
Absolute Total Care HIX $16.36
SC State Employees COMM $17.95
Select Health HIX $18.14
Aetna SC FI $18.84
NaphCare PRISN $19.64
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $19.91
BCBS PBHIX $19.91
Aetna SC SI $24.49
Molina HIX $28.05
BCBS PreferredBlue $39.31
BCBS BlueChoice $39.31

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Amniotic fluid scan at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $7.98 – $19.91

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