Rmvl icd pulse gen only 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.

$1,660.42 with United vs $132,749.00 with Aetna SC — 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 MCD $1,660.42
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $1,660.42
Absolute Total Care MCD $2,500.00
BCBS PBHIX $3,397.39
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $3,397.39
Pruitt Health MCR $3,850.00
NHC Advantage MGMCR $3,850.00
SC State Employees COMM $4,710.03
BCBS PreferredBlue $6,705.09
BCBS BlueChoice $6,705.09
Select Health HIX $9,324.00
Molina HIX $9,908.00
United AllPayerAppendix $11,850.00
Aetna SC NB $23,083.00
Aetna SC AFA $23,083.00
Aetna SC FI $30,976.00
Aetna SC SI $132,749.00

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Rmvl icd pulse gen only at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $4,641.50 $3,252.78 – $12,276.00
St Francis Downtown Greenville $4,522.80 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $3,729.00 $3,223.11 – $10,275.00
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $3,390.00 not published
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $3,390.00 $2,368.23 – $3,823.23
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $2,746.00 $2,889.52 – $11,692.00
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $3,382.00 $3,252.78 – $18,792.00
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $1,660.42 – $4,710.03

All South-carolina hospitals for this procedure →