Ultrasound joint/nonvascular extremity limited left 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.

$17.77 with Aetna SC vs $2,286.65 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 AFA $17.77
Aetna SC NB $17.77
Aetna SC FI $23.83
Aetna SC SI $25.95
Select Health HIX $53.19
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $68.21
United MCD $68.21
SC State Employees COMM $132.93
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $153.44
BCBS PBHIX $153.44
Absolute Total Care HIX $186.09
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS BlueChoice $294.02
BCBS PreferredBlue $294.02
Absolute Total Care MCD $433.26
Pruitt Health MCR $457.33
NHC Advantage MGMCR $457.33
Medcost NEWULTRA $919.47
United OptionsPPO $962.80
United GlobalBenefit $1,083.15
Employers Health Network COMM $1,083.15
OccuNet COMM $1,203.50
Medcost NEWPAYER $1,294.97
Vocational Rehab MCR $1,299.78
Medcost STANDARD $1,352.73
Humana BH COMM $1,564.55
First Health PPO $1,757.11
MHNet COMM $1,805.25
Humana Choicecare PPO $1,805.25
Evernorth BHCOMM $1,925.60
Multiplan COMM $2,045.95
Prime Health COMM $2,045.95
NovaNet COMM $2,166.30
BCBS COMM $2,286.65

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Ultrasound joint/nonvascular extremity limited left at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $355.50 $91.80 – $106.96
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $417.00 $30.12 – $111.16
St Francis Downtown Greenville $418.80 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $418.80 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $157.50 $30.12 – $111.16
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $91.50 $97.24 – $106.96
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $91.50 $67.02 – $106.96
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $82.50 $81.77 – $106.96

All South-carolina hospitals for this procedure →