Assay of fluoride at HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER
401 N LIVE OAK DR, MONCKS CORNER, SC · HCA Trident Health System · · NPI 1366496937
$57.00
Cash price 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.
$57.00
Gross charge 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.
$10.26 with Absolute Total Care vs $257.37 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute Total Care | MCD | $10.26 | ↓ -82% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $10.83 | ↓ -81% |
| Pruitt Health | MCR | $10.83 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | Tricare | $15.82 | ↓ -72% |
| Advantage Hospice | MCR | $18.54 | ↓ -67% |
| Advantage Hospice | MCD | $18.54 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana BH | MCR | $18.54 | ↓ -67% |
| United Behavioral Health | VACCN | $18.54 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $18.54 | ↓ -67% |
| Arcadian | MCR | $18.54 | ↓ -67% |
| Odyssey Hospice | MCR | $18.54 | ↓ -67% |
| Devoted Health | MEDICARE | $18.54 | ↓ -67% |
| Agape Hospice | MCR | $18.54 | ↓ -67% |
| Agape Hospice | MCD | $18.54 | ↓ -67% |
| Companion | MCR | $18.54 | ↓ -67% |
| HUMANA | MCR | $18.54 | ↓ -67% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $18.54 | ↓ -67% |
| United | VACCN | $18.54 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | MCR | $18.73 | ↓ -67% |
| WellCare | POS | $18.91 | ↓ -67% |
| WellCare | PPO | $18.91 | ↓ -67% |
| WellCare | SNP | $18.91 | ↓ -67% |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $18.91 | ↓ -67% |
| WellCare | PFFS | $18.91 | ↓ -67% |
| Absolute Total Care | MCR | $18.91 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | MCRMMP | $18.91 | ↓ -67% |
| United | MCR | $18.91 | ↓ -67% |
| BoldAge PACE | MGMCR | $19.10 | ↓ -66% |
| Clover | MCR | $19.47 | ↓ -66% |
| Eon Health | MCR | $19.47 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | MCR | $20.02 | ↓ -65% |
| Medcost | NEWULTRA | $21.77 | ↓ -62% |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $22.25 | ↓ -61% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $22.80 | ↓ -60% |
| BLUE CHOICE | MGMCD | $23.90 | ↓ -58% |
| United | MCD | $23.90 | ↓ -58% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $25.44 | ↓ -55% |
| Employer's Health Network | WCOMP | $25.44 | ↓ -55% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $25.44 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $25.65 | ↓ -55% |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $25.65 | ↓ -55% |
| Heritage Summit | WorkersComp | $27.25 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna SC | AFA | $27.85 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna SC | NB | $27.85 | ↓ -51% |
| OccuNet | COMM | $28.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Medcost | NEWPAYER | $30.67 | ↓ -46% |
| Vocational Rehab | MCR | $30.78 | ↓ -46% |
| Medcost | STANDARD | $32.03 | ↓ -44% |
| Seven Corners | COMM | $32.45 | ↓ -43% |
| Absolute Total Care | HIX | $32.45 | ↓ -43% |
| Select Health | HIX | $35.97 | ↓ -37% |
| Humana BH | COMM | $37.05 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna SC | FI | $37.36 | ↓ -34% |
| NaphCare | PRISN | $38.93 | ↓ -32% |
| First Health | PPO | $41.61 | ↓ -27% |
| Humana Choicecare | PPO | $42.75 | ↓ -25% |
| MHNet | COMM | $42.75 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth | BHCOMM | $45.60 | ↓ -20% |
| Prime Health | COMM | $48.45 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMM | $48.45 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna SC | SI | $48.57 | ↓ -15% |
| NovaNet | COMM | $51.30 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS | COMM | $54.15 | ↓ -5% |
| Molina | HIX | $55.62 | ↓ -2% |
| SC State Employees | COMM | $90.81 | ↑ +59% |
| BCBS | PBHIX | $130.40 | ↑ +129% |
| Blue Choice Health Plan | HIX | $130.40 | ↑ +129% |
| BCBS | BlueChoice | $257.37 | ↑ +352% |
| BCBS | PreferredBlue | $257.37 | ↑ +352% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Assay of fluoride at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | $57.00 | $15.82 – $130.40 |