Culture anaerobic except blood 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

$245.00

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.

$245.00

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.

$8.08 with Humana vs $232.75 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 $8.08 ↓ -97%
Agape Hospice MCD $9.47 ↓ -96%
Agape Hospice MCR $9.47 ↓ -96%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $9.47 ↓ -96%
Odyssey Hospice MCR $9.47 ↓ -96%
Humana BH MCR $9.47 ↓ -96%
United VACCN $9.47 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.47 ↓ -96%
HUMANA MCR $9.47 ↓ -96%
Companion MCR $9.47 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.47 ↓ -96%
Advantage Hospice MCD $9.47 ↓ -96%
Advantage Hospice MCR $9.47 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MEDICARE $9.47 ↓ -96%
Arcadian MCR $9.47 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $9.56 ↓ -96%
Molina MCRMMP $9.66 ↓ -96%
United MCR $9.66 ↓ -96%
WellCare PPO $9.66 ↓ -96%
WellCare SNP $9.66 ↓ -96%
WellCare POS $9.66 ↓ -96%
WellCare MCRHMO $9.66 ↓ -96%
WellCare PFFS $9.66 ↓ -96%
Absolute Total Care MCR $9.66 ↓ -96%
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $9.75 ↓ -96%
Eon Health MCR $9.94 ↓ -96%
Clover MCR $9.94 ↓ -96%
Cigna MCR $10.23 ↓ -96%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.36 ↓ -95%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $12.20 ↓ -95%
United MCD $12.20 ↓ -95%
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $12.99 ↓ -95%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $12.99 ↓ -95%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $12.99 ↓ -95%
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $13.92 ↓ -94%
Aetna SC NB $14.23 ↓ -94%
Aetna SC AFA $14.23 ↓ -94%
Seven Corners COMM $16.57 ↓ -93%
Absolute Total Care HIX $16.57 ↓ -93%
Select Health HIX $18.37 ↓ -93%
Aetna SC FI $19.10 ↓ -92%
NaphCare PRISN $19.89 ↓ -92%
Aetna SC SI $24.82 ↓ -90%
Molina HIX $28.41 ↓ -88%
SC State Employees COMM $32.18 ↓ -87%
BCBS PBHIX $36.46 ↓ -85%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $36.46 ↓ -85%
Absolute Total Care MCD $44.10 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $46.55 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health MCR $46.55 ↓ -81%
BCBS BlueChoice $71.96 ↓ -71%
BCBS PreferredBlue $71.96 ↓ -71%
Medcost NEWULTRA $93.59 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $98.00 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefit $110.25 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $110.25 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $122.50 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $131.81 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $132.30 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $137.69 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $159.25 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $178.85 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare PPO $183.75 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $183.75 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $196.00 ↓ -20%
Prime Health COMM $208.25 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $208.25 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $220.50 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $232.75 ↓ -5%

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Culture anaerobic except blood at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson $245.00 $8.08 – $36.46

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