Chemo adm cns w/lmbr punct 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.

$248.35 with Absolute Total Care vs $1,615.95 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
Absolute Total Care HIX $248.35
Molina HIX $306.18
Absolute Total Care MCD $306.18
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $311.15
United MCD $311.15
NHC Advantage MGMCR $323.19
Pruitt Health MCR $323.19
SC State Employees COMM $356.38
Medcost NEWULTRA $649.78
United OptionsPPO $680.40
Select Health HIX $731.43
BCBS PBHIX $732.88
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $732.88
United GlobalBenefit $765.45
Employers Health Network COMM $765.45
OccuNet COMM $850.50
BCBS PreferredBlue $904.95
BCBS BlueChoice $904.95
Medcost NEWPAYER $915.14
Vocational Rehab MCR $918.54
Medcost STANDARD $955.96
Humana BH COMM $1,105.65
First Health PPO $1,241.73
Humana Choicecare PPO $1,275.75
MHNet COMM $1,275.75
Evernorth BHCOMM $1,360.80
Prime Health COMM $1,445.85
Multiplan COMM $1,445.85
NovaNet COMM $1,530.90
BCBS COMM $1,615.95
Aetna SC FI not published by hospital
Aetna SC SI not published by hospital
Aetna SC AFA not published by hospital
Aetna SC NB not published by hospital

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Chemo adm cns w/lmbr punct at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $311.15 – $732.88

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