X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 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

$1,765.00

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.

$1,765.00

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.

$29.81 with Aetna SC vs $1,676.75 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
Aetna SC NB $29.81 ↓ -98%
Aetna SC AFA $29.81 ↓ -98%
Aetna SC FI $39.99 ↓ -98%
Aetna SC SI $43.54 ↓ -98%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $76.82 ↓ -96%
United MCD $76.82 ↓ -96%
Select Health HIX $80.55 ↓ -95%
SC State Employees COMM $168.33 ↓ -90%
Absolute Total Care HIX $186.09 ↓ -89%
BCBS PBHIX $191.85 ↓ -89%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $191.85 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -86%
Absolute Total Care MCD $317.70 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $335.35 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health MCR $335.35 ↓ -81%
BCBS BlueChoice $367.61 ↓ -79%
BCBS PreferredBlue $367.61 ↓ -79%
Medcost NEWULTRA $674.23 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $706.00 ↓ -60%
Employers Health Network COMM $794.25 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefit $794.25 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $882.50 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $949.57 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $953.10 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $991.93 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $1,147.25 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $1,288.45 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare PPO $1,323.75 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $1,323.75 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $1,412.00 ↓ -20%
Prime Health COMM $1,500.25 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $1,500.25 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $1,588.50 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $1,676.75 ↓ -5%

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X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 views at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson $1,765.00 $29.81 – $191.85
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $706.50 $97.24 – $106.96
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $512.00 $87.64 – $111.16
St Francis Downtown Greenville $966.60 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $966.60 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $175.00 $101.06 – $111.16
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $243.00 $97.24 – $106.96
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $243.00 $87.09 – $106.96

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