Barium Enema (Colon X-ray, barium and air) 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 Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$3,511.00

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.

$3,511.00

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.

$125.86 with Aetna SC vs $3,335.45 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
Aetna SC AFA $125.86 ↓ -96%
Aetna SC NB $125.86 ↓ -96%
United MCD $145.04 ↓ -96%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $145.04 ↓ -96%
Aetna SC FI $170.47 ↓ -95%
Aetna SC SI $185.59 ↓ -95%
SC State Employees COMM $216.42 ↓ -94%
Select Health HIX $275.15 ↓ -92%
Absolute Total Care HIX $311.54 ↓ -91%
BCBS PBHIX $370.61 ↓ -89%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $370.61 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -89%
CIGNA IFP $572.29 ↓ -84%
Absolute Total Care MCD $631.98 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health MCR $667.09 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $667.09 ↓ -81%
BCBS BlueChoice $706.72 ↓ -80%
BCBS PreferredBlue $706.72 ↓ -80%
CIGNA NewBusiness $835.62 ↓ -76%
CIGNA HMO $1,112.99 ↓ -68%
CIGNA PPO $1,249.92 ↓ -64%
Medcost NEWULTRA $1,341.20 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $1,404.40 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefit $1,579.95 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,579.95 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $1,755.50 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $1,888.92 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $1,895.94 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $1,973.18 ↓ -44%
First Health PPO $2,563.03 ↓ -27%
MHNet COMM $2,633.25 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $2,808.80 ↓ -20%
Prime Health COMM $2,984.35 ↓ -15%
MultiPlan COMM $2,984.35 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $3,159.90 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $3,335.45 ↓ -5%

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Barium Enema (Colon X-ray, barium and air) at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $1,714.50 $163.14 – $179.45
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $780.50 $135.36 – $186.50
St Francis Eastside Greenville $1,002.00 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $682.50 $169.54 – $186.50
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $698.00 $163.14 – $179.45
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $698.00 $134.49 – $179.45
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $420.50 $163.14 – $179.45
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $519.00 $170.45 – $187.49

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