Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial 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.

$1,502.64 with Absolute Total Care vs $7,930.60 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
Absolute Total Care MCD $1,502.64
Pruitt Health MCR $1,586.12
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,586.12
United MCD $2,205.46
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $2,205.46
BCBS PBHIX $2,288.48
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $2,288.48
Aetna SC NB $2,365.00
Aetna SC AFA $2,365.00
Absolute Total Care HIX $2,552.53
SC State Employees COMM $2,897.80
Aetna SC FI $3,173.00
Medcost NEWULTRA $3,188.94
United AllPayerAppendix $3,330.77
United OptionsPPO $3,339.20
United GlobalBenefit $3,756.60
Employers Health Network COMM $3,756.60
OccuNet COMM $4,174.00
BCBS PreferredBlue $4,385.02
BCBS BlueChoice $4,385.02
Medcost NEWPAYER $4,491.22
Vocational Rehab MCR $4,507.92
Medcost STANDARD $4,691.58
Humana BH COMM $5,426.20
Aetna SC SI $5,639.00
First Health PPO $6,094.04
MHNet COMM $6,261.00
Humana Choicecare PPO $6,261.00
Evernorth BHCOMM $6,678.40
Multiplan COMM $7,095.80
Prime Health COMM $7,095.80
NovaNet COMM $7,513.20
BCBS COMM $7,930.60

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Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $2,205.46 – $2,897.80

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