Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER
401 N LIVE OAK DR, MONCKS CORNER, SC · HCA Trident Health System · · NPI 1366496937
$384.00
Cash price 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.
$384.00
Gross charge 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.
$18.17 with BLUE CHOICE vs $15,026.00 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BLUE CHOICE | MGMCD | $18.17 | ↓ -95% |
| United | MCD | $18.17 | ↓ -95% |
| Absolute Total Care | HIX | $56.06 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna SC | AFA | $81.79 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna SC | NB | $81.79 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | PBHIX | $94.12 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Choice Health Plan | HIX | $94.12 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna SC | FI | $109.82 | ↓ -71% |
| SC State Employees | COMM | $128.50 | ↓ -67% |
| Medcost | NEWULTRA | $146.69 | ↓ -62% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $153.60 | ↓ -60% |
| Select Health | HIX | $165.12 | ↓ -57% |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $172.80 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $172.80 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna SC | SI | $181.63 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS | BlueChoice | $185.82 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS | PreferredBlue | $185.82 | ↓ -52% |
| OccuNet | COMM | $192.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Medcost | NEWPAYER | $206.59 | ↓ -46% |
| Vocational Rehab | MCR | $207.36 | ↓ -46% |
| Medcost | STANDARD | $215.81 | ↓ -44% |
| Humana BH | COMM | $249.60 | ↓ -35% |
| First Health | PPO | $280.32 | ↓ -27% |
| Humana Choicecare | PPO | $288.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth | BHCOMM | $307.20 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMM | $326.40 | ↓ -15% |
| Prime Health | COMM | $326.40 | ↓ -15% |
| NovaNet | COMM | $345.60 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS | COMM | $364.80 | ↓ -5% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $2,550.00 | ↑ +564% |
| Pruitt Health | MCR | $2,550.00 | ↑ +564% |
| Molina | HIX | $7,927.00 | ↑ +1964% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $15,026.00 | ↑ +3813% |
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Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | $384.00 | $18.17 – $128.50 |