Strep a dna quant 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.

$35.64 with Humana vs $238.68 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
Humana Tricare $35.64
HUMANA MCR $41.76
BCBS MCRPPO $41.76
Arcadian MCR $41.76
Agape Hospice MCR $41.76
Agape Hospice MCD $41.76
Advantage Hospice MCD $41.76
Advantage Hospice MCR $41.76
United Behavioral Health VACCN $41.76
Odyssey Hospice MCR $41.76
Humana BH MCR $41.76
Companion MCR $41.76
United AllPayerAppendix $41.76
Devoted Health MEDICARE $41.76
United VACCN $41.76
Aetna MCR $42.18
Absolute Total Care MCR $42.60
WellCare PPO $42.60
WellCare SNP $42.60
WellCare POS $42.60
WellCare MCRHMO $42.60
WellCare PFFS $42.60
Molina MCRMMP $42.60
United MCR $42.60
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $43.01
Eon Health MCR $43.85
Clover MCR $43.85
Cigna MCR $45.10
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $50.11
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $57.29
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $57.29
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $57.29
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $61.39
Aetna SC AFA $62.73
Aetna SC NB $62.73
Seven Corners COMM $73.08
Absolute Total Care HIX $73.08
Select Health HIX $81.01
Aetna SC FI $84.16
NaphCare PRISN $87.70
Aetna SC SI $109.40
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $120.94
BCBS PBHIX $120.94
Molina HIX $125.28
SC State Employees COMM $229.30
BCBS PreferredBlue $238.68
BCBS BlueChoice $238.68

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Strep a dna quant at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $35.64 – $229.30

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