MRI tmj 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

$8,991.00

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.

$8,991.00

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.

$347.01 with Select Health vs $8,541.45 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
Select Health HIX $347.01 ↓ -96%
Absolute Total Care HIX $423.01 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -94%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $726.27 ↓ -92%
United MCD $726.27 ↓ -92%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $906.69 ↓ -90%
BCBS PBHIX $906.69 ↓ -90%
SC State Employees COMM $1,046.90 ↓ -88%
Absolute Total Care MCD $1,618.38 ↓ -82%
BCBS BlueChoice $1,666.51 ↓ -81%
BCBS PreferredBlue $1,666.51 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,708.29 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health MCR $1,708.29 ↓ -81%
Aetna SC NB $1,909.00 ↓ -79%
Aetna SC AFA $1,909.00 ↓ -79%
Aetna SC FI $2,561.00 ↓ -72%
Medcost NEWULTRA $3,434.56 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $3,596.40 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefit $4,045.95 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $4,045.95 ↓ -55%
Aetna SC SI $4,684.00 ↓ -48%
Medcost NEWPAYER $4,837.16 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $4,855.14 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $5,052.94 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $5,844.15 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $6,563.43 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare PPO $6,743.25 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $7,192.80 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMM $7,642.35 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMM $7,642.35 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $8,091.90 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $8,541.45 ↓ -5%

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MRI tmj at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson $8,991.00 $347.01 – $1,046.90

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