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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

$36,087.00

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.

$36,087.00

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.

$292.74 with BLUE CHOICE vs $34,282.65 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
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $292.74 ↓ -99%
United MCD $292.74 ↓ -99%
Select Health HIX $435.34 ↓ -99%
Aetna SC NB $472.02 ↓ -99%
Aetna SC AFA $472.02 ↓ -99%
Aetna SC FI $633.11 ↓ -98%
Aetna SC SI $689.32 ↓ -98%
BCBS PBHIX $860.29 ↓ -98%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $860.29 ↓ -98%
Absolute Total Care HIX $1,012.32 ↓ -97%
SC State Employees COMM $1,337.02 ↓ -96%
BCBS PreferredBlue $1,648.41 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueChoice $1,648.41 ↓ -95%
Absolute Total Care MCD $6,495.66 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health MCR $6,856.53 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $6,856.53 ↓ -81%
Medcost NEWULTRA $13,785.23 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $14,434.80 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefit $16,239.15 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $16,239.15 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $18,043.50 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $19,414.81 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $19,486.98 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $20,280.89 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $23,456.55 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $26,343.51 ↓ -27%
MHNet COMM $27,065.25 ↓ -25%
Humana Choicecare PPO $27,065.25 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $28,869.60 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMM $30,673.95 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMM $30,673.95 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $32,478.30 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $34,282.65 ↓ -5%

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