Heavy metal qual any number 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.

$17.88 with Humana vs $208.69 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 $17.88
Devoted Health MEDICARE $20.94
Advantage Hospice MCR $20.94
Humana BH MCR $20.94
United VACCN $20.94
United AllPayerAppendix $20.94
Companion MCR $20.94
HUMANA MCR $20.94
BCBS MCRPPO $20.94
Arcadian MCR $20.94
Agape Hospice MCR $20.94
Advantage Hospice MCD $20.94
Agape Hospice MCD $20.94
United Behavioral Health VACCN $20.94
Odyssey Hospice MCR $20.94
Aetna MCR $21.15
WellCare SNP $21.36
WellCare POS $21.36
WellCare MCRHMO $21.36
WellCare PFFS $21.36
Molina MCRMMP $21.36
Absolute Total Care MCR $21.36
United MCR $21.36
WellCare PPO $21.36
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $21.57
Clover MCR $21.99
Eon Health MCR $21.99
Cigna MCR $22.62
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $24.27
United MCD $24.27
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $25.13
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $28.73
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $28.73
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $28.73
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $30.78
Aetna SC AFA $31.45
Aetna SC NB $31.45
Absolute Total Care HIX $36.65
Seven Corners COMM $36.65
Select Health HIX $40.62
Aetna SC FI $42.20
NaphCare PRISN $43.97
Aetna SC SI $54.85
Molina HIX $62.82
SC State Employees COMM $76.70
BCBS PBHIX $105.74
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $105.74
BCBS PreferredBlue $208.69
BCBS BlueChoice $208.69

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Heavy metal qual any number at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $17.88 – $105.74

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