Smear fluorescent and/or acid fast stain at HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER
401 N LIVE OAK DR, MONCKS CORNER, SC · HCA Trident Health System · · NPI 1366496937
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Cash price 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 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.
$4.60 with Humana vs $251.75 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Humana | Tricare | $4.60 | — |
| Agape Hospice | MCD | $5.39 | — |
| Agape Hospice | MCR | $5.39 | — |
| United Behavioral Health | VACCN | $5.39 | — |
| Odyssey Hospice | MCR | $5.39 | — |
| Humana BH | MCR | $5.39 | — |
| United | VACCN | $5.39 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $5.39 | — |
| HUMANA | MCR | $5.39 | — |
| Companion | MCR | $5.39 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $5.39 | — |
| Advantage Hospice | MCD | $5.39 | — |
| Advantage Hospice | MCR | $5.39 | — |
| Devoted Health | MEDICARE | $5.39 | — |
| Arcadian | MCR | $5.39 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $5.44 | — |
| Molina | MCRMMP | $5.50 | — |
| United | MCR | $5.50 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $5.50 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $5.50 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $5.50 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $5.50 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $5.50 | — |
| Absolute Total Care | MCR | $5.50 | — |
| BoldAge PACE | MGMCR | $5.55 | — |
| Eon Health | MCR | $5.66 | — |
| Clover | MCR | $5.66 | — |
| Cigna | MCR | $5.82 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $6.47 | — |
| BLUE CHOICE | MGMCD | $6.93 | — |
| United | MCD | $6.93 | — |
| Employer's Health Network | WCOMP | $7.40 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $7.40 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $7.40 | — |
| Heritage Summit | WorkersComp | $7.92 | — |
| Aetna SC | NB | $8.09 | — |
| Aetna SC | AFA | $8.09 | — |
| Seven Corners | COMM | $9.43 | — |
| Absolute Total Care | HIX | $9.43 | — |
| Select Health | HIX | $10.46 | — |
| Aetna SC | FI | $10.85 | — |
| NaphCare | PRISN | $11.32 | — |
| Aetna SC | SI | $14.11 | — |
| Molina | HIX | $16.17 | — |
| SC State Employees | COMM | $39.94 | — |
| BCBS | PBHIX | $43.30 | — |
| Blue Choice Health Plan | HIX | $43.30 | — |
| Absolute Total Care | MCD | $47.70 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $50.35 | — |
| Pruitt Health | MCR | $50.35 | — |
| BCBS | BlueChoice | $85.47 | — |
| BCBS | PreferredBlue | $85.47 | — |
| Medcost | NEWULTRA | $101.23 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $106.00 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $119.25 | — |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $119.25 | — |
| OccuNet | COMM | $132.50 | — |
| Medcost | NEWPAYER | $142.57 | — |
| Vocational Rehab | MCR | $143.10 | — |
| Medcost | STANDARD | $148.93 | — |
| Humana BH | COMM | $172.25 | — |
| First Health | PPO | $193.45 | — |
| Humana Choicecare | PPO | $198.75 | — |
| MHNet | COMM | $198.75 | — |
| Evernorth | BHCOMM | $212.00 | — |
| Prime Health | COMM | $225.25 | — |
| Multiplan | COMM | $225.25 | — |
| NovaNet | COMM | $238.50 | — |
| BCBS | COMM | $251.75 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Smear fluorescent and/or acid fast stain at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $164.00 | $3.08 – $5.93 |
| MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center | Camden | $103.00 | $5.39 – $5.93 |
| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $78.60 | not published |
| St Francis Eastside | Greenville | $78.60 | not published |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $145.00 | $3.08 – $5.93 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $149.50 | $5.39 – $5.93 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $149.50 | $5.39 – $25.29 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $109.00 | $3.08 – $31.79 |