MRI without fol w/cont, brst, un 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.

$828.27 with United vs $10,577.30 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
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
BCBS PBHIX $1,314.53
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $1,314.53
SC State Employees COMM $1,735.80
Absolute Total Care MCD $2,004.12
NHC Advantage MGMCR $2,115.46
Pruitt Health MCR $2,115.46
Aetna SC NB $2,371.54
Aetna SC AFA $2,371.54
BCBS PreferredBlue $2,594.32
BCBS BlueChoice $2,594.32
Aetna SC FI $3,184.32
Medcost NEWULTRA $4,253.19
United OptionsPPO $4,453.60
Employers Health Network COMM $5,010.30
United GlobalBenefit $5,010.30
Aetna SC SI $5,266.38
Medcost NEWPAYER $5,990.09
Vocational Rehab MCR $6,012.36
Medcost STANDARD $6,257.31
Humana BH COMM $7,237.10
First Health PPO $8,127.82
Humana Choicecare PPO $8,350.50
Evernorth BHCOMM $8,907.20
Prime Health COMM $9,463.90
Multiplan COMM $9,463.90
NovaNet COMM $10,020.60
BCBS COMM $10,577.30

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MRI without fol w/cont, brst, un at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $828.27 – $1,735.80

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