Dch validity tests 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.

$2.97 with Humana vs $118.75 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 $2.97
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $3.29
United MCD $3.29
Agape Hospice MCR $3.48
Agape Hospice MCD $3.48
United Behavioral Health VACCN $3.48
Odyssey Hospice MCR $3.48
Humana BH MCR $3.48
United VACCN $3.48
United AllPayerAppendix $3.48
HUMANA MCR $3.48
Companion MCR $3.48
BCBS MCRPPO $3.48
Advantage Hospice MCD $3.48
Advantage Hospice MCR $3.48
Devoted Health MEDICARE $3.48
Arcadian MCR $3.48
Aetna MCR $3.51
Absolute Total Care MCR $3.55
Molina MCRMMP $3.55
WellCare SNP $3.55
United MCR $3.55
WellCare POS $3.55
WellCare MCRHMO $3.55
WellCare PFFS $3.55
WellCare PPO $3.55
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $3.58
Eon Health MCR $3.65
Clover MCR $3.65
Cigna MCR $3.76
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.18
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $4.77
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $4.77
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $4.77
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $5.12
Aetna SC NB $5.22
Aetna SC AFA $5.22
Seven Corners COMM $6.09
Absolute Total Care HIX $6.09
Select Health HIX $6.75
Aetna SC FI $7.00
NaphCare PRISN $7.31
Aetna SC SI $9.10
SC State Employees COMM $9.81
Molina HIX $10.44
BCBS PBHIX $14.10
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $14.10
Absolute Total Care MCD $22.50
NHC Advantage MGMCR $23.75
Pruitt Health MCR $23.75
BCBS BlueChoice $27.84
BCBS PreferredBlue $27.84
Medcost NEWULTRA $47.75
United OptionsPPO $50.00
United GlobalBenefit $56.25
Employers Health Network COMM $56.25
OccuNet COMM $62.50
Medcost NEWPAYER $67.25
Vocational Rehab MCR $67.50
Medcost STANDARD $70.25
Humana BH COMM $81.25
First Health PPO $91.25
Humana Choicecare PPO $93.75
MHNet COMM $93.75
Evernorth BHCOMM $100.00
Prime Health COMM $106.25
Multiplan COMM $106.25
NovaNet COMM $112.50
BCBS COMM $118.75

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Dch validity tests at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $2.97 – $14.10

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