Special radiation treatment 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.

$61.72 with Aetna SC vs $2,954.50 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
Aetna SC NB $61.72
Aetna SC AFA $61.72
Select Health HIX $61.91
Aetna SC FI $82.79
Aetna SC SI $90.14
Absolute Total Care HIX $454.06
Molina HIX $559.80
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $721.53
United MCD $721.53
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $891.26
BCBS PBHIX $891.26
SC State Employees COMM $1,158.68
Medcost NEWULTRA $1,188.02
United OptionsPPO $1,244.00
United GlobalBenefit $1,399.50
Employers Health Network COMM $1,399.50
OccuNet COMM $1,555.00
Medcost NEWPAYER $1,673.18
Vocational Rehab MCR $1,679.40
BCBS BlueChoice $1,707.73
BCBS PreferredBlue $1,707.73
Medcost STANDARD $1,747.82
Humana BH COMM $2,021.50
First Health PPO $2,270.30
Humana Choicecare PPO $2,332.50
MHNet COMM $2,332.50
Evernorth BHCOMM $2,488.00
Multiplan COMM $2,643.50
Prime Health COMM $2,643.50
NovaNet COMM $2,799.00
BCBS COMM $2,954.50

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Special radiation treatment at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $3,035.50 $513.91 – $565.30
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $2,058.00 $104.63 – $587.50
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $2,172.50 $513.91 – $565.30
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $2,172.50 $513.91 – $582.77
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $1,682.50 $513.91 – $711.05
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $270.00 $536.94 – $590.63
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $61.72 – $1,158.68
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden not published $104.63 – $587.50

All South-carolina hospitals for this procedure →