Encephalitis, california igg/igm 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.

$6.12 with Absolute Total Care vs $75.44 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
Absolute Total Care MCD $6.12
Pruitt Health MCR $6.46
NHC Advantage MGMCR $6.46
Humana Tricare $11.26
Medcost NEWULTRA $12.99
United Behavioral Health VACCN $13.19
Companion MCR $13.19
BCBS MCRPPO $13.19
Arcadian MCR $13.19
Agape Hospice MCR $13.19
Humana BH MCR $13.19
HUMANA MCR $13.19
Advantage Hospice MCR $13.19
Advantage Hospice MCD $13.19
Agape Hospice MCD $13.19
Devoted Health MEDICARE $13.19
Odyssey Hospice MCR $13.19
United VACCN $13.19
United AllPayerAppendix $13.19
Aetna MCR $13.32
WellCare POS $13.45
WellCare PPO $13.45
WellCare SNP $13.45
WellCare MCRHMO $13.45
WellCare PFFS $13.45
Absolute Total Care MCR $13.45
Molina MCRMMP $13.45
United MCR $13.45
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $13.59
United OptionsPPO $13.60
Clover MCR $13.85
Eon Health MCR $13.85
Cigna MCR $14.25
Employers Health Network COMM $15.30
United GlobalBenefit $15.30
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $15.83
OccuNet COMM $17.00
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $17.00
United MCD $17.00
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $18.10
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $18.10
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.10
Medcost NEWPAYER $18.29
Vocational Rehab MCR $18.36
Medcost STANDARD $19.11
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $19.39
Aetna SC AFA $19.82
Aetna SC NB $19.82
Humana BH COMM $22.10
Seven Corners COMM $23.08
Absolute Total Care HIX $23.08
First Health PPO $24.82
MHNet COMM $25.50
Humana Choicecare PPO $25.50
Select Health HIX $25.59
Aetna SC FI $26.59
Evernorth BHCOMM $27.20
NaphCare PRISN $27.70
Prime Health COMM $28.90
Multiplan COMM $28.90
NovaNet COMM $30.60
BCBS COMM $32.30
Aetna SC SI $34.56
SC State Employees COMM $34.99
BCBS PBHIX $38.24
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $38.24
Molina HIX $39.57
BCBS PreferredBlue $75.44
BCBS BlueChoice $75.44

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Encephalitis, california igg/igm at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $11.26 – $38.24

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