Valvuloplasty aortic at HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER
401 N LIVE OAK DR, MONCKS CORNER, SC · HCA Trident Health System · · NPI 1366496937
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Cash price 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 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.
$3,641.31 with BLUE CHOICE vs $22,122.00 with Aetna SC — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BLUE CHOICE | MGMCD | $3,641.31 | — |
| United | MCD | $3,641.31 | — |
| Absolute Total Care | MCD | $5,500.00 | — |
| Molina | HIX | $7,927.00 | — |
| Pruitt Health | MCR | $7,950.00 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $7,950.00 | — |
| BCBS | PBHIX | $8,541.04 | — |
| Blue Choice Health Plan | HIX | $8,541.04 | — |
| Select Health | HIX | $8,543.00 | — |
| Absolute Total Care | HIX | $8,622.00 | — |
| Aetna SC | NB | $9,576.00 | — |
| Aetna SC | AFA | $9,576.00 | — |
| SC State Employees | COMM | $10,292.93 | — |
| Aetna SC | FI | $12,850.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $14,704.00 | — |
| BCBS | PreferredBlue | $16,856.58 | — |
| BCBS | BlueChoice | $16,856.58 | — |
| Aetna SC | SI | $22,122.00 | — |
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Valvuloplasty aortic at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $5,046.00 | $5,293.60 – $12,500.00 |
| MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center | Camden | $3,801.50 | $5,208.96 – $19,595.00 |
| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $8,052.60 | not published |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $4,586.50 | $5,501.54 – $20,575.00 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $4,446.50 | $5,293.60 – $5,822.96 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $4,446.50 | $5,175.69 – $5,822.96 |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center | Cades | $3,602.00 | $5,293.60 – $11,904.00 |
| LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Ladson | not published | $3,641.31 – $10,292.93 |