Thyroid imaging at HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER
401 N LIVE OAK DR, MONCKS CORNER, SC · HCA Trident Health System · · NPI 1366496937
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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.
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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.
$35.37 with Aetna SC vs $3,249.00 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 |
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| Aetna SC | NB | $35.37 | — |
| Aetna SC | AFA | $35.37 | — |
| Aetna SC | FI | $47.44 | — |
| Aetna SC | SI | $51.65 | — |
| BLUE CHOICE | MGMCD | $154.59 | — |
| United | MCD | $154.59 | — |
| Select Health | HIX | $264.64 | — |
| SC State Employees | COMM | $300.19 | — |
| Blue Choice Health Plan | HIX | $381.09 | — |
| BCBS | PBHIX | $381.09 | — |
| Absolute Total Care | HIX | $499.32 | — |
| Absolute Total Care | MCD | $615.60 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $649.80 | — |
| Pruitt Health | MCR | $649.80 | — |
| BCBS | PreferredBlue | $730.21 | — |
| BCBS | BlueChoice | $730.21 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $848.52 | — |
| Medcost | NEWULTRA | $1,306.44 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,368.00 | — |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $1,539.00 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $1,539.00 | — |
| OccuNet | COMM | $1,710.00 | — |
| Medcost | NEWPAYER | $1,839.96 | — |
| Vocational Rehab | MCR | $1,846.80 | — |
| Medcost | STANDARD | $1,922.04 | — |
| Humana BH | COMM | $2,223.00 | — |
| First Health | PPO | $2,496.60 | — |
| Humana Choicecare | PPO | $2,565.00 | — |
| MHNet | COMM | $2,565.00 | — |
| Evernorth | BHCOMM | $2,736.00 | — |
| Prime Health | COMM | $2,907.00 | — |
| Multiplan | COMM | $2,907.00 | — |
| NovaNet | COMM | $3,078.00 | — |
| BCBS | COMM | $3,249.00 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Thyroid imaging at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $929.00 | $207.32 – $409.00 |
| MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center | Camden | $614.50 | $151.66 – $425.07 |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $429.50 | $207.32 – $425.07 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $837.50 | $371.82 – $409.00 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $837.50 | $150.69 – $409.00 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $637.50 | $183.86 – $409.00 |
| MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center | Lancaster | $1,003.50 | $207.32 – $427.33 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | not published | $35.37 – $703.20 |