Eye Socket, Pituitary or Ear CT Scan (with contrast) 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 Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$7,746.00

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.

$7,746.00

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.

$226.69 with Select Health vs $7,358.70 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
Select Health HIX $226.69 ↓ -97%
Absolute Total Care HIX $311.54 ↓ -96%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $366.90 ↓ -95%
United MCD $366.90 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -95%
SC State Employees COMM $459.59 ↓ -94%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $693.07 ↓ -91%
BCBS PBHIX $693.07 ↓ -91%
CIGNA IFP $1,262.60 ↓ -84%
BCBS PreferredBlue $1,267.77 ↓ -84%
BCBS BlueChoice $1,267.77 ↓ -84%
Absolute Total Care MCD $1,394.28 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health MCR $1,471.74 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,471.74 ↓ -81%
Aetna SC NB $2,038.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna SC AFA $2,038.00 ↓ -74%
CIGNA PPO $2,757.58 ↓ -64%
Aetna SC FI $2,760.00 ↓ -64%
Medcost NEWULTRA $2,958.97 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $3,098.40 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefit $3,485.70 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $3,485.70 ↓ -55%
Medcost NEWPAYER $4,167.35 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $4,182.84 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $4,353.25 ↓ -44%
Aetna SC SI $4,750.00 ↓ -39%
First Health PPO $5,654.58 ↓ -27%
Evernorth BHCOMM $6,196.80 ↓ -20%
MultiPlan COMM $6,584.10 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMM $6,584.10 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $6,971.40 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $7,358.70 ↓ -5%

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Eye Socket, Pituitary or Ear CT Scan (with contrast) at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $1,976.50 $163.14 – $179.45
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $1,795.00 $169.54 – $186.50
St Francis Downtown Greenville $1,981.20 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $1,981.20 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $962.00 $169.54 – $186.50
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $1,140.00 $163.14 – $179.45
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $1,140.00 $163.14 – $285.36
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $972.00 $163.14 – $358.62

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