Assay of endocrine hormone 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.

$60.80 with Humana vs $299.20 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 $60.80
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $67.46
United MCD $67.46
Agape Hospice MCD $71.23
Devoted Health MEDICARE $71.23
Humana BH MCR $71.23
United VACCN $71.23
United AllPayerAppendix $71.23
HUMANA MCR $71.23
Companion MCR $71.23
BCBS MCRPPO $71.23
Advantage Hospice MCD $71.23
Advantage Hospice MCR $71.23
Arcadian MCR $71.23
Agape Hospice MCR $71.23
United Behavioral Health VACCN $71.23
Odyssey Hospice MCR $71.23
Aetna MCR $71.94
WellCare MCRHMO $72.65
WellCare PFFS $72.65
WellCare PPO $72.65
Absolute Total Care MCR $72.65
WellCare SNP $72.65
United MCR $72.65
Molina MCRMMP $72.65
WellCare POS $72.65
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $73.37
Eon Health MCR $74.79
Clover MCR $74.79
Cigna MCR $76.93
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $85.48
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $97.73
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $97.73
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $97.73
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $104.71
Aetna SC AFA $107.01
Aetna SC NB $107.01
Absolute Total Care HIX $124.65
Seven Corners COMM $124.65
Select Health HIX $138.19
Aetna SC FI $143.57
NaphCare PRISN $149.58
BCBS PBHIX $151.59
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $151.59
Aetna SC SI $186.63
Molina HIX $213.69
SC State Employees COMM $288.01
BCBS BlueChoice $299.20
BCBS PreferredBlue $299.20

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Assay of endocrine hormone at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $60.80 – $288.01

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