Ph body fluid 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.

$3.06 with Humana vs $111.15 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 $3.06
Agape Hospice MCD $3.58
Agape Hospice MCR $3.58
United Behavioral Health VACCN $3.58
Odyssey Hospice MCR $3.58
Humana BH MCR $3.58
United VACCN $3.58
United AllPayerAppendix $3.58
HUMANA MCR $3.58
Companion MCR $3.58
BCBS MCRPPO $3.58
Advantage Hospice MCD $3.58
Advantage Hospice MCR $3.58
Devoted Health MEDICARE $3.58
Arcadian MCR $3.58
Aetna MCR $3.62
Molina MCRMMP $3.65
United MCR $3.65
WellCare PPO $3.65
WellCare SNP $3.65
WellCare POS $3.65
WellCare MCRHMO $3.65
WellCare PFFS $3.65
Absolute Total Care MCR $3.65
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $3.69
Eon Health MCR $3.76
Clover MCR $3.76
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $3.83
United MCD $3.83
Cigna MCR $3.87
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.30
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $4.91
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $4.91
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $4.91
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $5.26
Aetna SC NB $5.37
Aetna SC AFA $5.37
Seven Corners COMM $6.27
Absolute Total Care HIX $6.27
Select Health HIX $6.95
Aetna SC FI $7.21
NaphCare PRISN $7.52
Aetna SC SI $9.37
SC State Employees COMM $10.71
Molina HIX $10.74
Absolute Total Care MCD $21.06
NHC Advantage MGMCR $22.23
Pruitt Health MCR $22.23
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $27.66
BCBS PBHIX $27.66
Medcost NEWULTRA $44.69
United OptionsPPO $46.80
United GlobalBenefit $52.65
Employers Health Network COMM $52.65
BCBS PreferredBlue $54.60
BCBS BlueChoice $54.60
OccuNet COMM $58.50
Medcost NEWPAYER $62.95
Vocational Rehab MCR $63.18
Medcost STANDARD $65.75
Humana BH COMM $76.05
First Health PPO $85.41
Humana Choicecare PPO $87.75
MHNet COMM $87.75
Evernorth BHCOMM $93.60
Prime Health COMM $99.45
Multiplan COMM $99.45
NovaNet COMM $105.30
BCBS COMM $111.15

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $3.06 – $27.66

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