Frozen cell preparation 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.

$9.43 with BLUE CHOICE vs $46.57 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
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $9.43
United MCD $9.43
Humana Tricare $10.32
Agape Hospice MCD $12.09
Devoted Health MEDICARE $12.09
Humana BH MCR $12.09
United VACCN $12.09
United AllPayerAppendix $12.09
HUMANA MCR $12.09
Companion MCR $12.09
BCBS MCRPPO $12.09
Advantage Hospice MCD $12.09
Advantage Hospice MCR $12.09
Arcadian MCR $12.09
Agape Hospice MCR $12.09
United Behavioral Health VACCN $12.09
Odyssey Hospice MCR $12.09
Aetna MCR $12.21
WellCare MCRHMO $12.33
WellCare PFFS $12.33
WellCare PPO $12.33
Absolute Total Care MCR $12.33
WellCare SNP $12.33
United MCR $12.33
Molina MCRMMP $12.33
WellCare POS $12.33
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $12.45
Eon Health MCR $12.69
Clover MCR $12.69
Cigna MCR $13.06
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $14.51
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $16.59
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $16.59
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $16.59
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $17.77
Aetna SC NB $18.16
Aetna SC AFA $18.16
Absolute Total Care HIX $21.16
Seven Corners COMM $21.16
Select Health HIX $23.45
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $23.61
BCBS PBHIX $23.61
Aetna SC FI $24.37
NaphCare PRISN $25.39
Aetna SC SI $31.68
Molina HIX $36.27
SC State Employees COMM $44.31
BCBS PreferredBlue $46.57
BCBS BlueChoice $46.57

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Frozen cell preparation at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $9.43 – $44.31

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