Assay of somatostatin 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.

$15.60 with Humana vs $104.52 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 $15.60
Devoted Health MEDICARE $18.28
Advantage Hospice MCR $18.28
Humana BH MCR $18.28
United VACCN $18.28
United AllPayerAppendix $18.28
Companion MCR $18.28
HUMANA MCR $18.28
BCBS MCRPPO $18.28
Arcadian MCR $18.28
Agape Hospice MCR $18.28
Advantage Hospice MCD $18.28
Agape Hospice MCD $18.28
United Behavioral Health VACCN $18.28
Odyssey Hospice MCR $18.28
Aetna MCR $18.46
WellCare SNP $18.65
WellCare POS $18.65
WellCare MCRHMO $18.65
WellCare PFFS $18.65
Molina MCRMMP $18.65
Absolute Total Care MCR $18.65
United MCR $18.65
WellCare PPO $18.65
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $18.83
Clover MCR $19.19
Eon Health MCR $19.19
Cigna MCR $19.74
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $21.94
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $23.57
United MCD $23.57
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $25.08
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $25.08
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $25.08
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $26.87
Aetna SC AFA $27.46
Aetna SC NB $27.46
Absolute Total Care HIX $31.99
Seven Corners COMM $31.99
Select Health HIX $35.46
Aetna SC FI $36.85
NaphCare PRISN $38.39
Aetna SC SI $47.90
SC State Employees COMM $48.46
BCBS PBHIX $52.94
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $52.94
Molina HIX $54.84
BCBS PreferredBlue $104.52
BCBS BlueChoice $104.52

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Assay of somatostatin at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital GREER $165.75 $15.28 – $237.15
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $15.60 – $52.94

All South-carolina hospitals for this procedure →