Foot X-ray (2 views, both feet) 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

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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.

$15.57 with Aetna SC vs $964.25 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
Aetna SC NB $15.57 —
Aetna SC AFA $15.57 —
Aetna SC FI $21.09 —
Aetna SC SI $22.97 —
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $31.95 —
United MCD $31.95 —
Select Health HIX $36.65 —
SC State Employees COMM $59.04 —
BCBS PBHIX $117.81 —
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $117.81 —
Absolute Total Care HIX $148.19 —
CIGNA IFP $165.44 —
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 —
Absolute Total Care MCD $182.70 —
Pruitt Health MCR $192.85 —
NHC Advantage MGMCR $192.85 —
BCBS BlueChoice $224.66 —
BCBS PreferredBlue $224.66 —
CIGNA NewBusiness $241.57 —
CIGNA HMO $321.75 —
CIGNA PPO $361.34 —
Medcost NEWULTRA $387.73 —
United OptionsPPO $406.00 —
United GlobalBenefit $456.75 —
Employers Health Network COMM $456.75 —
OccuNet COMM $507.50 —
Medcost NEWPAYER $546.07 —
Vocational Rehab MCR $548.10 —
Medcost STANDARD $570.43 —
First Health PPO $740.95 —
MHNet COMM $761.25 —
Evernorth BHCOMM $812.00 —
Prime Health COMM $862.75 —
MultiPlan COMM $862.75 —
NovaNet COMM $913.50 —
BCBS COMM $964.25 —

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Foot X-ray (2 views, both feet) at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $292.50 $49.20 – $89.03
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $247.00 $36.92 – $92.53
St Francis Downtown Greenville $270.00 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $270.00 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $192.50 $49.20 – $92.53
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $143.00 $80.94 – $89.03
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $143.00 $36.68 – $89.03
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $173.00 $46.10 – $89.03

All South-carolina hospitals for this procedure →