Strep b assay w/optic 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

$402.00

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.

$402.00

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.

$10.86 with Humana vs $381.90 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 $10.86 ↓ -97%
Agape Hospice MCD $12.73 ↓ -97%
Agape Hospice MCR $12.73 ↓ -97%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $12.73 ↓ -97%
Odyssey Hospice MCR $12.73 ↓ -97%
Humana BH MCR $12.73 ↓ -97%
United VACCN $12.73 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $12.73 ↓ -97%
HUMANA MCR $12.73 ↓ -97%
Companion MCR $12.73 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $12.73 ↓ -97%
Advantage Hospice MCD $12.73 ↓ -97%
Advantage Hospice MCR $12.73 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MEDICARE $12.73 ↓ -97%
Arcadian MCR $12.73 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $12.86 ↓ -97%
Molina MCRMMP $12.98 ↓ -97%
United MCR $12.98 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $12.98 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $12.98 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $12.98 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $12.98 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $12.98 ↓ -97%
Absolute Total Care MCR $12.98 ↓ -97%
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $13.11 ↓ -97%
Eon Health MCR $13.37 ↓ -97%
Clover MCR $13.37 ↓ -97%
Cigna MCR $13.75 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $15.28 ↓ -96%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $15.46 ↓ -96%
United MCD $15.46 ↓ -96%
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $17.47 ↓ -96%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $17.47 ↓ -96%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $17.47 ↓ -96%
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $18.71 ↓ -95%
Aetna SC NB $19.13 ↓ -95%
Aetna SC AFA $19.13 ↓ -95%
Seven Corners COMM $22.28 ↓ -94%
Absolute Total Care HIX $22.28 ↓ -94%
Select Health HIX $24.70 ↓ -94%
Aetna SC FI $25.66 ↓ -94%
NaphCare PRISN $26.73 ↓ -93%
SC State Employees COMM $32.58 ↓ -92%
Aetna SC SI $33.35 ↓ -92%
BCBS PBHIX $34.44 ↓ -91%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $34.44 ↓ -91%
Molina HIX $38.19 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueChoice $67.97 ↓ -83%
BCBS PreferredBlue $67.97 ↓ -83%
Absolute Total Care MCD $72.36 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health MCR $76.38 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $76.38 ↓ -81%
Medcost NEWULTRA $153.56 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $160.80 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefit $180.90 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $180.90 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $201.00 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $216.28 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $217.08 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $225.92 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $261.30 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $293.46 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare PPO $301.50 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $301.50 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $321.60 ↓ -20%
Prime Health COMM $341.70 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $341.70 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $361.80 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $381.90 ↓ -5%

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Strep b assay w/optic at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson $402.00 $10.86 – $34.44
St Francis Downtown Greenville $209.40 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $209.40 not published
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence not published $6.87 – $14.00
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden not published $12.73 – $14.00
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester not published $6.86 – $14.00
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg not published $12.73 – $14.00
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston not published $12.73 – $17.18

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