Gastric analy w/ph ea spec 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.

$5.72 with Humana vs $24.37 with SC State Employees — 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
Humana Tricare $5.72
Devoted Health MEDICARE $6.71
Advantage Hospice MCR $6.71
Humana BH MCR $6.71
United VACCN $6.71
United AllPayerAppendix $6.71
Companion MCR $6.71
HUMANA MCR $6.71
BCBS MCRPPO $6.71
Arcadian MCR $6.71
Agape Hospice MCR $6.71
Advantage Hospice MCD $6.71
Agape Hospice MCD $6.71
United Behavioral Health VACCN $6.71
Odyssey Hospice MCR $6.71
Aetna MCR $6.78
WellCare SNP $6.84
WellCare POS $6.84
WellCare MCRHMO $6.84
WellCare PFFS $6.84
Molina MCRMMP $6.84
Absolute Total Care MCR $6.84
United MCR $6.84
WellCare PPO $6.84
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $6.91
Clover MCR $7.05
Eon Health MCR $7.05
Cigna MCR $7.25
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $7.81
United MCD $7.81
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $8.05
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.21
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $9.21
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $9.21
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $9.86
Aetna SC AFA $10.07
Aetna SC NB $10.07
Absolute Total Care HIX $11.74
Seven Corners COMM $11.74
Select Health HIX $13.02
Aetna SC FI $13.51
NaphCare PRISN $14.09
Aetna SC SI $17.57
Molina HIX $20.13
SC State Employees COMM $24.37
BCBS PreferredBlue not published by hospital
BCBS PBHIX not published by hospital
BCBS BlueChoice not published by hospital
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX not published by hospital

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Gastric analy w/ph ea spec at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $5.72 – $24.37

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