Established Patient Office Visit (level 1) 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.

$8.47 with Absolute Total Care vs $58.00 with United Behavioral Health — 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 HIX $8.47
Aetna MCR $8.70
Absolute Total Care MCD $10.44
Pruitt Health MCR $11.02
NHC Advantage MGMCR $11.02
Aetna SC NB $12.35
Aetna SC AFA $12.35
Aetna SC FI $16.59
Medcost NEWULTRA $22.16
United OptionsPPO $23.20
Select Health HIX $24.94
Employers Health Network COMM $26.10
United GlobalBenefit $26.10
Aetna SC SI $27.43
OccuNet COMM $29.00
Medcost NEWPAYER $31.20
Vocational Rehab MCR $31.32
Medcost STANDARD $32.60
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $35.36
BCBS PBHIX $35.36
Humana BH COMM $37.70
First Health PPO $42.34
Humana Choicecare PPO $43.50
MHNet COMM $43.50
BCBS BlueChoice $43.65
BCBS PreferredBlue $43.65
Evernorth BHCOMM $46.40
SC State Employees COMM $47.77
Multiplan COMM $49.30
Prime Health COMM $49.30
NovaNet COMM $52.20
BCBS COMM $55.10
United Behavioral Health VACCN $58.00

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Established Patient Office Visit (level 1) at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $35.36 – $47.77

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