C-reactive protein, quantitative 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.

$9.08 with Humana vs $52.19 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 $9.08
Devoted Health MEDICARE $10.64
Advantage Hospice MCR $10.64
Humana BH MCR $10.64
United VACCN $10.64
United AllPayerAppendix $10.64
Companion MCR $10.64
HUMANA MCR $10.64
BCBS MCRPPO $10.64
Arcadian MCR $10.64
Agape Hospice MCR $10.64
Advantage Hospice MCD $10.64
Agape Hospice MCD $10.64
United Behavioral Health VACCN $10.64
Odyssey Hospice MCR $10.64
Aetna MCR $10.75
WellCare SNP $10.85
WellCare POS $10.85
WellCare MCRHMO $10.85
WellCare PFFS $10.85
Molina MCRMMP $10.85
Absolute Total Care MCR $10.85
United MCR $10.85
WellCare PPO $10.85
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $10.96
Clover MCR $11.17
Eon Health MCR $11.17
Cigna MCR $11.49
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $12.77
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $13.72
United MCD $13.72
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $14.60
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $14.60
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $14.60
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $15.64
Aetna SC AFA $15.99
Aetna SC NB $15.99
Absolute Total Care HIX $18.62
Seven Corners COMM $18.62
Select Health HIX $20.64
Aetna SC FI $21.45
NaphCare PRISN $22.34
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $26.45
BCBS PBHIX $26.45
Aetna SC SI $27.88
SC State Employees COMM $29.32
Molina HIX $31.92
BCBS PreferredBlue $52.19
BCBS BlueChoice $52.19

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C-reactive protein, quantitative at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $9.08 – $29.32

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