Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) 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

$292.00

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.

$292.00

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.

$16.18 with Humana vs $277.40 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 $16.18 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MEDICARE $18.96 ↓ -94%
Advantage Hospice MCR $18.96 ↓ -94%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $18.96 ↓ -94%
Odyssey Hospice MCR $18.96 ↓ -94%
Humana BH MCR $18.96 ↓ -94%
Companion MCR $18.96 ↓ -94%
United VACCN $18.96 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.96 ↓ -94%
HUMANA MCR $18.96 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.96 ↓ -94%
Arcadian MCR $18.96 ↓ -94%
Agape Hospice MCR $18.96 ↓ -94%
Agape Hospice MCD $18.96 ↓ -94%
Advantage Hospice MCD $18.96 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $19.15 ↓ -93%
Molina MCRMMP $19.34 ↓ -93%
WellCare PPO $19.34 ↓ -93%
WellCare SNP $19.34 ↓ -93%
WellCare POS $19.34 ↓ -93%
WellCare MCRHMO $19.34 ↓ -93%
WellCare PFFS $19.34 ↓ -93%
Absolute Total Care MCR $19.34 ↓ -93%
United MCR $19.34 ↓ -93%
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $19.53 ↓ -93%
Eon Health MCR $19.91 ↓ -93%
Clover MCR $19.91 ↓ -93%
Cigna MCR $20.48 ↓ -93%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $22.75 ↓ -92%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $24.45 ↓ -92%
United MCD $24.45 ↓ -92%
BCBS PBHIX $24.86 ↓ -91%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $24.86 ↓ -91%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $26.01 ↓ -91%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $26.01 ↓ -91%
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $26.01 ↓ -91%
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $27.87 ↓ -90%
Aetna SC NB $28.49 ↓ -90%
Aetna SC AFA $28.49 ↓ -90%
Seven Corners COMM $33.18 ↓ -89%
Absolute Total Care HIX $33.18 ↓ -89%
Select Health HIX $36.78 ↓ -87%
Aetna SC FI $38.22 ↓ -87%
NaphCare PRISN $39.82 ↓ -86%
BCBS PreferredBlue $49.06 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueChoice $49.06 ↓ -83%
Aetna SC SI $49.68 ↓ -83%
Absolute Total Care MCD $52.56 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health MCR $55.48 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $55.48 ↓ -81%
Molina HIX $56.88 ↓ -81%
SC State Employees COMM $78.48 ↓ -73%
Medcost NEWULTRA $111.54 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $116.80 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefit $131.40 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $131.40 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $146.00 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $157.10 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $157.68 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $164.10 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $189.80 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $213.16 ↓ -27%
MHNet COMM $219.00 ↓ -25%
Humana Choicecare PPO $219.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $233.60 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMM $248.20 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMM $248.20 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $262.80 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $277.40 ↓ -5%

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Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital GREER $163.80 $15.85 – $234.36
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson $292.00 $16.18 – $78.48

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