Cytogenetics 3-5 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.

$34.74 with Humana vs $153.06 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 $34.74
HUMANA MCR $40.70
BCBS MCRPPO $40.70
Arcadian MCR $40.70
Agape Hospice MCR $40.70
Agape Hospice MCD $40.70
Advantage Hospice MCD $40.70
Advantage Hospice MCR $40.70
United Behavioral Health VACCN $40.70
Odyssey Hospice MCR $40.70
Humana BH MCR $40.70
Companion MCR $40.70
United AllPayerAppendix $40.70
Devoted Health MEDICARE $40.70
United VACCN $40.70
Aetna MCR $41.11
Absolute Total Care MCR $41.51
WellCare PPO $41.51
WellCare SNP $41.51
WellCare POS $41.51
WellCare MCRHMO $41.51
WellCare PFFS $41.51
Molina MCRMMP $41.51
United MCR $41.51
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $41.92
Eon Health MCR $42.74
Clover MCR $42.74
Cigna MCR $43.96
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $48.84
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $55.84
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $55.84
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $55.84
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $59.83
Aetna SC AFA $61.15
Aetna SC NB $61.15
Seven Corners COMM $71.23
Absolute Total Care HIX $71.23
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $77.56
BCBS PBHIX $77.56
Select Health HIX $78.96
Aetna SC FI $82.04
NaphCare PRISN $85.47
Aetna SC SI $106.65
Molina HIX $122.10
SC State Employees COMM $147.33
BCBS PreferredBlue $153.06
BCBS BlueChoice $153.06

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Cytogenetics 3-5 at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $34.74 – $147.33

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