Ventilator each subsequent day 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

$4,385.00

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.

$4,385.00

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.

$346.28 with BCBS vs $4,165.75 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
BCBS PBHIX $346.28 ↓ -92%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $346.28 ↓ -92%
SC State Employees COMM $621.43 ↓ -86%
Absolute Total Care HIX $640.21 ↓ -85%
BCBS BlueChoice $683.42 ↓ -84%
BCBS PreferredBlue $683.42 ↓ -84%
Absolute Total Care MCD $789.30 ↓ -82%
Molina HIX $789.30 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health MCR $833.15 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $833.15 ↓ -81%
Aetna SC AFA $934.00 ↓ -79%
Aetna SC NB $934.00 ↓ -79%
Aetna SC FI $1,254.11 ↓ -71%
Medcost NEWULTRA $1,675.07 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $1,754.00 ↓ -60%
Select Health HIX $1,885.55 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefit $1,973.25 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,973.25 ↓ -55%
Aetna SC SI $2,074.11 ↓ -53%
OccuNet COMM $2,192.50 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $2,359.13 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $2,367.90 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $2,464.37 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $2,850.25 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $3,201.05 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare PPO $3,288.75 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $3,288.75 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $3,508.00 ↓ -20%
Prime Health COMM $3,727.25 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $3,727.25 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $3,946.50 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $4,165.75 ↓ -5%

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Ventilator each subsequent day at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson $4,385.00 $346.28 – $621.43
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $1,119.00 $429.17 – $632.05
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $600.50 $314.27 – $656.88
St Francis Downtown Greenville $1,426.80 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $1,426.80 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $492.00 $425.00 – $656.88
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $1,596.00 not published
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $1,596.00 $312.27 – $632.05

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