Thyroid mets imag whole body 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

$4,666.00

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.

$4,666.00

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.

$79.21 with Aetna SC vs $4,432.70 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
Aetna SC NB $79.21 ↓ -98%
Aetna SC AFA $79.21 ↓ -98%
Aetna SC FI $106.24 ↓ -98%
Aetna SC SI $115.67 ↓ -98%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $351.75 ↓ -92%
United MCD $351.75 ↓ -92%
SC State Employees COMM $383.45 ↓ -92%
Select Health HIX $421.60 ↓ -91%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $639.68 ↓ -86%
BCBS PBHIX $639.68 ↓ -86%
Absolute Total Care HIX $681.24 ↓ -85%
Absolute Total Care MCD $839.88 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $886.54 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health MCR $886.54 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -76%
BCBS PreferredBlue $1,225.68 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueChoice $1,225.68 ↓ -74%
Medcost NEWULTRA $1,782.41 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $1,866.40 ↓ -60%
Employers Health Network COMM $2,099.70 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefit $2,099.70 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $2,333.00 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $2,510.31 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $2,519.64 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $2,622.29 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $3,032.90 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $3,406.18 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare PPO $3,499.50 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $3,499.50 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $3,732.80 ↓ -20%
Prime Health COMM $3,966.10 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $3,966.10 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $4,199.40 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $4,432.70 ↓ -5%

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Thyroid mets imag whole body at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson $4,666.00 $79.21 – $941.97
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $1,782.50 $319.54 – $555.50
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $1,333.00 $240.60 – $577.33
St Francis Downtown Greenville $1,715.40 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $649.50 $319.54 – $577.33
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $1,460.00 $505.00 – $555.50
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $1,460.00 $239.06 – $555.50
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $1,112.00 $300.43 – $555.50

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