Special teletx port plan 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

$1,661.00

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.

$1,661.00

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.

$76.57 with Select Health vs $1,577.95 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
Select Health HIX $76.57 ↓ -95%
Aetna SC AFA $83.52 ↓ -95%
Aetna SC NB $83.52 ↓ -95%
Aetna SC FI $112.03 ↓ -93%
Aetna SC SI $121.97 ↓ -93%
Absolute Total Care HIX $242.51 ↓ -85%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $261.42 ↓ -84%
United MCD $261.42 ↓ -84%
Molina HIX $298.98 ↓ -82%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $607.82 ↓ -63%
BCBS PBHIX $607.82 ↓ -63%
Medcost NEWULTRA $634.50 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $664.40 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefit $747.45 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $747.45 ↓ -55%
SC State Employees COMM $794.24 ↓ -52%
OccuNet COMM $830.50 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $893.62 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $896.94 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $933.48 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $1,079.65 ↓ -35%
BCBS BlueChoice $1,164.65 ↓ -30%
BCBS PreferredBlue $1,164.65 ↓ -30%
First Health PPO $1,212.53 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare PPO $1,245.75 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $1,245.75 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $1,328.80 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMM $1,411.85 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMM $1,411.85 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $1,494.90 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $1,577.95 ↓ -5%

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Special teletx port plan at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson $1,661.00 $76.57 – $794.24
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $1,636.50 $348.25 – $383.07
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $1,100.00 $348.25 – $383.07
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $1,100.00 $348.25 – $399.25
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $852.00 $348.25 – $487.12
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden not published $141.59 – $398.12
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester not published $141.59 – $398.12
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster not published $363.86 – $400.24

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