Ghs immun0electrophoresis 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.

$25.54 with Humana vs $233.04 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
Humana Tricare $25.54
Aetna SC NB $25.69
Aetna SC AFA $25.69
Agape Hospice MCR $29.92
Devoted Health MEDICARE $29.92
United Behavioral Health VACCN $29.92
Odyssey Hospice MCR $29.92
Humana BH MCR $29.92
United VACCN $29.92
United AllPayerAppendix $29.92
HUMANA MCR $29.92
Companion MCR $29.92
BCBS MCRPPO $29.92
Advantage Hospice MCD $29.92
Advantage Hospice MCR $29.92
Arcadian MCR $29.92
Agape Hospice MCD $29.92
Aetna MCR $30.22
WellCare MCRHMO $30.52
WellCare PFFS $30.52
United MCR $30.52
Absolute Total Care MCR $30.52
WellCare PPO $30.52
WellCare SNP $30.52
Molina MCRMMP $30.52
WellCare POS $30.52
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $30.81
United MCD $30.81
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $30.82
Eon Health MCR $31.42
Clover MCR $31.42
Cigna MCR $32.31
Aetna SC FI $34.47
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $35.90
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $41.05
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $41.05
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $41.05
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $43.98
Aetna SC SI $44.81
Seven Corners COMM $52.36
Absolute Total Care HIX $52.36
Select Health HIX $58.04
NaphCare PRISN $62.83
SC State Employees COMM $87.44
Molina HIX $89.76
BCBS PBHIX $118.10
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $118.10
BCBS BlueChoice $233.04
BCBS PreferredBlue $233.04

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Ghs immun0electrophoresis at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $25.54 – $118.10

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