Cytopath c/v redo 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.

$13.62 with BLUE CHOICE vs $72.09 with Molina — 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
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $13.62
United MCD $13.62
Humana Tricare $20.51
Agape Hospice MCD $24.03
Devoted Health MEDICARE $24.03
Humana BH MCR $24.03
United VACCN $24.03
United AllPayerAppendix $24.03
HUMANA MCR $24.03
Companion MCR $24.03
BCBS MCRPPO $24.03
Advantage Hospice MCD $24.03
Advantage Hospice MCR $24.03
Arcadian MCR $24.03
Agape Hospice MCR $24.03
United Behavioral Health VACCN $24.03
Odyssey Hospice MCR $24.03
Aetna MCR $24.27
WellCare MCRHMO $24.51
WellCare PFFS $24.51
WellCare PPO $24.51
Absolute Total Care MCR $24.51
WellCare SNP $24.51
United MCR $24.51
Molina MCRMMP $24.51
WellCare POS $24.51
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $24.75
Eon Health MCR $25.23
Clover MCR $25.23
Cigna MCR $25.95
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $28.84
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $30.61
BCBS PBHIX $30.61
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $32.97
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $32.97
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $32.97
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $35.32
Aetna SC AFA $36.09
Aetna SC NB $36.09
SC State Employees COMM $40.73
Absolute Total Care HIX $42.05
Seven Corners COMM $42.05
Select Health HIX $46.62
Aetna SC FI $48.42
NaphCare PRISN $50.46
BCBS PreferredBlue $60.41
BCBS BlueChoice $60.41
Aetna SC SI $62.95
Molina HIX $72.09

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Cytopath c/v redo at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $13.62 – $50.46

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