Rheumatoid factor qualitative 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.

$5.24 with Humana vs $62.62 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 $5.24
Devoted Health MEDICARE $6.14
Advantage Hospice MCR $6.14
Humana BH MCR $6.14
United VACCN $6.14
United AllPayerAppendix $6.14
Companion MCR $6.14
HUMANA MCR $6.14
BCBS MCRPPO $6.14
Arcadian MCR $6.14
Agape Hospice MCR $6.14
Advantage Hospice MCD $6.14
Agape Hospice MCD $6.14
United Behavioral Health VACCN $6.14
Odyssey Hospice MCR $6.14
Aetna MCR $6.20
WellCare SNP $6.26
WellCare POS $6.26
WellCare MCRHMO $6.26
WellCare PFFS $6.26
Molina MCRMMP $6.26
Absolute Total Care MCR $6.26
United MCR $6.26
WellCare PPO $6.26
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $6.32
Clover MCR $6.45
Eon Health MCR $6.45
Cigna MCR $6.63
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $7.32
United MCD $7.32
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $7.37
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $8.42
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $8.42
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $8.42
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $9.03
Aetna SC AFA $9.23
Aetna SC NB $9.23
Absolute Total Care HIX $10.74
Seven Corners COMM $10.74
Select Health HIX $11.91
Aetna SC FI $12.38
NaphCare PRISN $12.89
Aetna SC SI $16.09
Molina HIX $18.42
SC State Employees COMM $23.18
BCBS PBHIX $31.73
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $31.73
BCBS PreferredBlue $62.62
BCBS BlueChoice $62.62

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Rheumatoid factor qualitative at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $251.00 $3.25 – $6.75
St Francis Downtown Greenville $107.40 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $107.40 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $70.00 $3.25 – $6.75
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $204.50 $6.14 – $9.76
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $5.24 – $31.73
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden not published $6.14 – $6.75
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg not published $6.14 – $6.75

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