Stomach Emptying Scan (Nuclear Medicine) at HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER
401 N LIVE OAK DR, MONCKS CORNER, SC · HCA Trident Health System · · NPI 1366496937
$5,293.00
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.
$5,293.00
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.
$77.90 with Aetna SC vs $5,028.35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna SC | NB | $77.90 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna SC | AFA | $77.90 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna SC | FI | $105.51 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna SC | SI | $114.87 | ↓ -98% |
| BLUE CHOICE | MGMCD | $267.36 | ↓ -95% |
| United | MCD | $267.36 | ↓ -95% |
| SC State Employees | COMM | $316.54 | ↓ -94% |
| Select Health | HIX | $455.40 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | PBHIX | $608.71 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Choice Health Plan | HIX | $608.71 | ↓ -88% |
| Absolute Total Care | HIX | $703.20 | ↓ -87% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $848.52 | ↓ -84% |
| CIGNA | IFP | $862.76 | ↓ -84% |
| Absolute Total Care | MCD | $952.74 | ↓ -82% |
| Pruitt Health | MCR | $1,005.67 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $1,005.67 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | BlueChoice | $1,160.78 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | PreferredBlue | $1,160.78 | ↓ -78% |
| CIGNA | NewBusiness | $1,259.73 | ↓ -76% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $1,677.88 | ↓ -68% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $1,884.31 | ↓ -64% |
| Medcost | NEWULTRA | $2,021.93 | ↓ -62% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,117.20 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $2,381.85 | ↓ -55% |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $2,381.85 | ↓ -55% |
| OccuNet | COMM | $2,646.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Medcost | NEWPAYER | $2,847.63 | ↓ -46% |
| Vocational Rehab | MCR | $2,858.22 | ↓ -46% |
| Medcost | STANDARD | $2,974.67 | ↓ -44% |
| First Health | PPO | $3,863.89 | ↓ -27% |
| MHNet | COMM | $3,969.75 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth | BHCOMM | $4,234.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Prime Health | COMM | $4,499.05 | ↓ -15% |
| MultiPlan | COMM | $4,499.05 | ↓ -15% |
| NovaNet | COMM | $4,763.70 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS | COMM | $5,028.35 | ↓ -5% |
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Stomach Emptying Scan (Nuclear Medicine) at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $1,307.50 | $263.78 – $409.00 |
| MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center | Camden | $1,420.00 | $198.27 – $425.07 |
| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $1,760.40 | not published |
| St Francis Eastside | Greenville | $1,760.40 | not published |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $686.00 | $263.78 – $425.07 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $1,131.00 | $371.82 – $409.00 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $1,131.00 | $196.99 – $409.00 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $861.50 | $247.57 – $409.00 |