X-ray hip with pelvis when performed bilateral 2 views 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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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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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.

$21.75 with Aetna SC vs $1,398.40 with BCBS — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $21.75
Aetna SC NB $21.75
Aetna SC FI $29.17
Aetna SC SI $31.76
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $43.52
United MCD $43.52
Select Health HIX $52.61
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $112.74
BCBS PBHIX $112.74
Absolute Total Care HIX $186.09
SC State Employees COMM $202.71
BCBS BlueChoice $225.21
BCBS PreferredBlue $225.21
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Absolute Total Care MCD $264.96
Pruitt Health MCR $279.68
NHC Advantage MGMCR $279.68
Medcost NEWULTRA $562.30
United OptionsPPO $588.80
United GlobalBenefit $662.40
Employers Health Network COMM $662.40
OccuNet COMM $736.00
Medcost NEWPAYER $791.94
Vocational Rehab MCR $794.88
Medcost STANDARD $827.26
Humana BH COMM $956.80
First Health PPO $1,074.56
MHNet COMM $1,104.00
Humana Choicecare PPO $1,104.00
Evernorth BHCOMM $1,177.60
Multiplan COMM $1,251.20
Prime Health COMM $1,251.20
NovaNet COMM $1,324.80
BCBS COMM $1,398.40

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X-ray hip with pelvis when performed bilateral 2 views at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $579.50 $97.24 – $106.96
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $574.50 $99.38 – $111.16
St Francis Downtown Greenville $437.40 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $220.50 $99.38 – $111.16
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $203.00 $97.24 – $106.96
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $203.00 $97.24 – $106.96
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $246.00 $97.24 – $124.52
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $757.00 $101.59 – $111.75

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