Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion 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.

$100.34 with Aetna SC vs $9,653.90 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
Aetna SC AFA $100.34
Aetna SC NB $100.34
Aetna SC FI $134.58
Aetna SC SI $146.53
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $345.28
United MCD $345.28
Select Health HIX $435.86
SC State Employees COMM $739.96
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $835.40
BCBS PBHIX $835.40
Absolute Total Care HIX $941.97
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15
BCBS BlueChoice $1,600.74
BCBS PreferredBlue $1,600.74
Absolute Total Care MCD $1,829.16
Pruitt Health MCR $1,930.78
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,930.78
Medcost NEWULTRA $3,881.88
United OptionsPPO $4,064.80
United GlobalBenefit $4,572.90
Employers Health Network COMM $4,572.90
OccuNet COMM $5,081.00
Medcost NEWPAYER $5,467.16
Vocational Rehab MCR $5,487.48
Medcost STANDARD $5,711.04
Humana BH COMM $6,605.30
First Health PPO $7,418.26
MHNet COMM $7,621.50
Humana Choicecare PPO $7,621.50
Evernorth BHCOMM $8,129.60
Multiplan COMM $8,637.70
Prime Health COMM $8,637.70
NovaNet COMM $9,145.80
BCBS COMM $9,653.90

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Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $100.34 – $941.97

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