Urography, antegrade 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.

$48.42 with Aetna SC vs $2,779.70 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 $48.42
Aetna SC AFA $48.42
Aetna SC FI $64.94
Aetna SC SI $70.70
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $84.38
United MCD $84.38
SC State Employees COMM $183.83
Select Health HIX $192.31
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $394.94
BCBS PBHIX $394.94
Absolute Total Care HIX $427.20
Absolute Total Care MCD $526.68
NHC Advantage MGMCR $555.94
Pruitt Health MCR $555.94
BCBS PreferredBlue $756.75
BCBS BlueChoice $756.75
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Medcost NEWULTRA $1,117.73
United OptionsPPO $1,170.40
Employers Health Network COMM $1,316.70
United GlobalBenefit $1,316.70
OccuNet COMM $1,463.00
Medcost NEWPAYER $1,574.19
Vocational Rehab MCR $1,580.04
Medcost STANDARD $1,644.41
Humana BH COMM $1,901.90
First Health PPO $2,135.98
Humana Choicecare PPO $2,194.50
MHNet COMM $2,194.50
Evernorth BHCOMM $2,340.80
Prime Health COMM $2,487.10
Multiplan COMM $2,487.10
NovaNet COMM $2,633.40
BCBS COMM $2,779.70

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Urography, antegrade at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $604.00 $153.20 – $356.93
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $508.00 $115.90 – $370.95
St Francis Downtown Greenville $699.60 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $398.50 $153.20 – $370.95
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $391.50 $324.48 – $356.93
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $391.50 $115.16 – $356.93
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $236.00 $144.73 – $356.93
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $2,674.50 $153.20 – $372.92

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