Test urine for porphyrins 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.

$11.11 with BLUE CHOICE vs $49.20 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
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $11.11
United MCD $11.11
Humana Tricare $11.41
Agape Hospice MCD $13.36
Devoted Health MEDICARE $13.36
Humana BH MCR $13.36
United VACCN $13.36
United AllPayerAppendix $13.36
HUMANA MCR $13.36
Companion MCR $13.36
BCBS MCRPPO $13.36
Advantage Hospice MCD $13.36
Advantage Hospice MCR $13.36
Arcadian MCR $13.36
Agape Hospice MCR $13.36
United Behavioral Health VACCN $13.36
Odyssey Hospice MCR $13.36
Aetna MCR $13.49
WellCare MCRHMO $13.63
WellCare PFFS $13.63
WellCare PPO $13.63
Absolute Total Care MCR $13.63
WellCare SNP $13.63
United MCR $13.63
Molina MCRMMP $13.63
WellCare POS $13.63
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $13.76
Eon Health MCR $14.03
Clover MCR $14.03
Cigna MCR $14.43
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $16.03
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.33
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $18.33
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $18.33
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $19.64
Aetna SC AFA $20.07
Aetna SC NB $20.07
SC State Employees COMM $22.45
Absolute Total Care HIX $23.38
Seven Corners COMM $23.38
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $24.93
BCBS PBHIX $24.93
Select Health HIX $25.92
Aetna SC FI $26.93
NaphCare PRISN $28.06
Aetna SC SI $35.00
Molina HIX $40.08
BCBS PreferredBlue $49.20
BCBS BlueChoice $49.20

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Test urine for porphyrins at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $11.11 – $28.06
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence not published $4.94 – $14.70
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden not published $13.36 – $14.70
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester not published $4.93 – $14.70
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg not published $13.36 – $14.70
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston not published $13.36 – $14.70
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades not published $4.94 – $17.76
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster not published $13.36 – $14.81

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