Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction 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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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.

$11.06 with BLUE CHOICE vs $260.30 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 $11.06
United MCD $11.06
Absolute Total Care HIX $40.00
Molina HIX $49.32
Absolute Total Care MCD $49.32
NHC Advantage MGMCR $52.06
Pruitt Health MCR $52.06
BCBS PBHIX $52.96
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $52.96
Aetna SC NB $58.36
Aetna SC AFA $58.36
Aetna SC FI $78.36
SC State Employees COMM $85.29
BCBS PreferredBlue $104.55
BCBS BlueChoice $104.55
Medcost NEWULTRA $104.67
United OptionsPPO $109.60
Select Health HIX $117.82
Employers Health Network COMM $123.30
United GlobalBenefit $123.30
Aetna SC SI $129.60
OccuNet COMM $137.00
Medcost NEWPAYER $147.41
Vocational Rehab MCR $147.96
Medcost STANDARD $153.99
Humana BH COMM $178.10
First Health PPO $200.02
Humana Choicecare PPO $205.50
MHNet COMM $205.50
Evernorth BHCOMM $219.20
Prime Health COMM $232.90
Multiplan COMM $232.90
NovaNet COMM $246.60
BCBS COMM $260.30

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Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $250.00 $58.91 – $224.03
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $110.00 $43.36 – $232.83
St Francis Downtown Greenville $126.00 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $126.00 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $230.00 $58.63 – $232.83
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $173.50 $203.67 – $224.03
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $173.50 $43.08 – $224.03
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $125.50 $52.56 – $224.03

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