X-ray retrograde pyelogram with or without kidney ureter bladder w/supervision & interpretation 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

$3,343.00

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.

$3,343.00

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.

$49.11 with Aetna SC vs $3,175.85 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 $49.11 ↓ -99%
Aetna SC AFA $49.11 ↓ -99%
Aetna SC FI $65.87 ↓ -98%
Aetna SC SI $71.71 ↓ -98%
Select Health HIX $92.54 ↓ -97%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $170.41 ↓ -95%
United MCD $170.41 ↓ -95%
SC State Employees COMM $205.04 ↓ -94%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $394.94 ↓ -88%
BCBS PBHIX $394.94 ↓ -88%
Absolute Total Care HIX $488.08 ↓ -85%
Absolute Total Care MCD $601.74 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $635.17 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health MCR $635.17 ↓ -81%
BCBS PreferredBlue $756.75 ↓ -77%
BCBS BlueChoice $756.75 ↓ -77%
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -75%
Medcost NEWULTRA $1,277.03 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $1,337.20 ↓ -60%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,504.35 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefit $1,504.35 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $1,671.50 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $1,798.53 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $1,805.22 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $1,878.77 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $2,172.95 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $2,440.39 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare PPO $2,507.25 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $2,507.25 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $2,674.40 ↓ -20%
Prime Health COMM $2,841.55 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $2,841.55 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $3,008.70 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $3,175.85 ↓ -5%

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X-ray retrograde pyelogram with or without kidney ureter bladder w/supervision & interpretation at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson $3,343.00 $49.11 – $624.98
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $1,014.50 $170.87 – $356.93
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $620.50 $128.95 – $370.95
St Francis Downtown Greenville $865.80 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $751.00 $170.87 – $370.95
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $391.50 $324.48 – $356.93
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $391.50 $128.14 – $356.93
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $236.00 $161.03 – $356.93

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