Ultrasound prostate/transrectal 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.

$64.90 with Aetna SC vs $2,788.25 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 $64.90
Aetna SC NB $64.90
Aetna SC FI $87.04
Aetna SC SI $94.77
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $132.28
United MCD $132.28
Absolute Total Care HIX $186.09
SC State Employees COMM $228.58
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $245.41
BCBS PBHIX $245.41
Select Health HIX $289.99
BCBS BlueChoice $470.26
BCBS PreferredBlue $470.26
Absolute Total Care MCD $528.30
Pruitt Health MCR $557.65
NHC Advantage MGMCR $557.65
Medcost NEWULTRA $1,121.17
United OptionsPPO $1,174.00
United GlobalBenefit $1,320.75
Employers Health Network COMM $1,320.75
OccuNet COMM $1,467.50
Medcost NEWPAYER $1,579.03
Vocational Rehab MCR $1,584.90
Medcost STANDARD $1,649.47
Humana BH COMM $1,907.75
First Health PPO $2,142.55
MHNet COMM $2,201.25
Humana Choicecare PPO $2,201.25
Evernorth BHCOMM $2,348.00
Multiplan COMM $2,494.75
Prime Health COMM $2,494.75
NovaNet COMM $2,641.50
BCBS COMM $2,788.25

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Ultrasound prostate/transrectal at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital GREER $1,041.95 $144.02 – $1,490.79
St Francis Downtown Greenville $678.60 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $421.50 $101.06 – $111.16
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $240.00 $97.24 – $106.96
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $240.00 $97.24 – $117.52
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $216.00 $97.24 – $147.69
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $64.90 – $289.99
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence not published $97.24 – $106.96

All South-carolina hospitals for this procedure →