CT orbit/sella/fossa w/wo contrast 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

$8,451.00

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.

$8,451.00

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.

$268.88 with Select Health vs $8,028.45 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
Select Health HIX $268.88 ↓ -97%
Absolute Total Care HIX $311.54 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -95%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $458.58 ↓ -95%
United MCD $458.58 ↓ -95%
SC State Employees COMM $574.86 ↓ -93%
BCBS PBHIX $788.87 ↓ -91%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $788.87 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueChoice $1,511.57 ↓ -82%
BCBS PreferredBlue $1,511.57 ↓ -82%
Absolute Total Care MCD $1,521.18 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health MCR $1,605.69 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,605.69 ↓ -81%
Aetna SC NB $1,959.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna SC AFA $1,959.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna SC FI $2,628.00 ↓ -69%
Medcost NEWULTRA $3,228.28 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $3,380.40 ↓ -60%
Employers Health Network COMM $3,802.95 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefit $3,802.95 ↓ -55%
Aetna SC SI $4,523.00 ↓ -46%
Medcost NEWPAYER $4,546.64 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $4,563.54 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $4,749.46 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $5,493.15 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $6,169.23 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare PPO $6,338.25 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $6,760.80 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMM $7,183.35 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMM $7,183.35 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $7,605.90 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $8,028.45 ↓ -5%

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CT orbit/sella/fossa w/wo contrast at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson $8,451.00 $268.88 – $788.87

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