Western blot test 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

$772.00

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.

$772.00

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.

$14.53 with Humana vs $733.40 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
Humana Tricare $14.53 ↓ -98%
Agape Hospice MCD $17.03 ↓ -98%
Agape Hospice MCR $17.03 ↓ -98%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $17.03 ↓ -98%
Odyssey Hospice MCR $17.03 ↓ -98%
Humana BH MCR $17.03 ↓ -98%
United VACCN $17.03 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.03 ↓ -98%
HUMANA MCR $17.03 ↓ -98%
Companion MCR $17.03 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.03 ↓ -98%
Advantage Hospice MCD $17.03 ↓ -98%
Advantage Hospice MCR $17.03 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MEDICARE $17.03 ↓ -98%
Arcadian MCR $17.03 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $17.20 ↓ -98%
Molina MCRMMP $17.37 ↓ -98%
United MCR $17.37 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $17.37 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $17.37 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $17.37 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $17.37 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $17.37 ↓ -98%
Absolute Total Care MCR $17.37 ↓ -98%
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $17.54 ↓ -98%
Eon Health MCR $17.88 ↓ -98%
Clover MCR $17.88 ↓ -98%
Cigna MCR $18.39 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $20.44 ↓ -97%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $21.77 ↓ -97%
United MCD $21.77 ↓ -97%
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $23.37 ↓ -97%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $23.37 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $23.37 ↓ -97%
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $25.03 ↓ -97%
Aetna SC NB $25.58 ↓ -97%
Aetna SC AFA $25.58 ↓ -97%
Seven Corners COMM $29.80 ↓ -96%
Absolute Total Care HIX $29.80 ↓ -96%
Select Health HIX $33.04 ↓ -96%
Aetna SC FI $34.32 ↓ -96%
NaphCare PRISN $35.76 ↓ -95%
Aetna SC SI $44.61 ↓ -94%
Molina HIX $51.09 ↓ -93%
SC State Employees COMM $69.57 ↓ -91%
BCBS PBHIX $95.16 ↓ -88%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $95.16 ↓ -88%
Absolute Total Care MCD $138.96 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $146.68 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health MCR $146.68 ↓ -81%
BCBS BlueChoice $187.82 ↓ -76%
BCBS PreferredBlue $187.82 ↓ -76%
Medcost NEWULTRA $294.90 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $308.80 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefit $347.40 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $347.40 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $386.00 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $415.34 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $416.88 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $433.86 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $501.80 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $563.56 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare PPO $579.00 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $579.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $617.60 ↓ -20%
Prime Health COMM $656.20 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $656.20 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $694.80 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $733.40 ↓ -5%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson $772.00 $14.53 – $95.16
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence not published $9.76 – $18.73
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden not published $17.03 – $18.73
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester not published $9.74 – $18.73
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg not published $17.03 – $18.73
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston not published $17.03 – $43.52
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades not published $9.76 – $54.69
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster not published $17.03 – $29.28

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