Beta-2 microglobulin 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

$284.00

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.

$284.00

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.

$13.81 with Humana vs $269.80 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 $13.81 ↓ -95%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $15.47 ↓ -95%
United MCD $15.47 ↓ -95%
Advantage Hospice MCR $16.18 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MEDICARE $16.18 ↓ -94%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $16.18 ↓ -94%
Odyssey Hospice MCR $16.18 ↓ -94%
Humana BH MCR $16.18 ↓ -94%
Companion MCR $16.18 ↓ -94%
United VACCN $16.18 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.18 ↓ -94%
HUMANA MCR $16.18 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.18 ↓ -94%
Arcadian MCR $16.18 ↓ -94%
Agape Hospice MCR $16.18 ↓ -94%
Agape Hospice MCD $16.18 ↓ -94%
Advantage Hospice MCD $16.18 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $16.34 ↓ -94%
WellCare POS $16.50 ↓ -94%
WellCare MCRHMO $16.50 ↓ -94%
WellCare PFFS $16.50 ↓ -94%
Molina MCRMMP $16.50 ↓ -94%
Absolute Total Care MCR $16.50 ↓ -94%
WellCare SNP $16.50 ↓ -94%
United MCR $16.50 ↓ -94%
WellCare PPO $16.50 ↓ -94%
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $16.67 ↓ -94%
Clover MCR $16.99 ↓ -94%
Eon Health MCR $16.99 ↓ -94%
Cigna MCR $17.47 ↓ -94%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $19.42 ↓ -93%
BCBS PBHIX $20.89 ↓ -93%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $20.89 ↓ -93%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $22.20 ↓ -92%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $22.20 ↓ -92%
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $22.20 ↓ -92%
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $23.78 ↓ -92%
Aetna SC NB $24.31 ↓ -91%
Aetna SC AFA $24.31 ↓ -91%
Seven Corners COMM $28.31 ↓ -90%
Absolute Total Care HIX $28.31 ↓ -90%
Select Health HIX $31.39 ↓ -89%
Aetna SC FI $32.61 ↓ -89%
NaphCare PRISN $33.98 ↓ -88%
BCBS PreferredBlue $41.20 ↓ -85%
BCBS BlueChoice $41.20 ↓ -85%
Aetna SC SI $42.39 ↓ -85%
Molina HIX $48.54 ↓ -83%
SC State Employees COMM $49.93 ↓ -82%
Absolute Total Care MCD $51.12 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health MCR $53.96 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $53.96 ↓ -81%
Medcost NEWULTRA $108.49 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $113.60 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefit $127.80 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $127.80 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $142.00 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $152.79 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $153.36 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $159.61 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $184.60 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $207.32 ↓ -27%
MHNet COMM $213.00 ↓ -25%
Humana Choicecare PPO $213.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $227.20 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMM $241.40 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMM $241.40 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $255.60 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $269.80 ↓ -5%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson $284.00 $13.81 – $49.93

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