Xm archive tissue molec anal 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

$78.00

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.

$78.00

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.

$11.39 with Absolute Total Care vs $74.10 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
Absolute Total Care HIX $11.39 ↓ -85%
Absolute Total Care MCD $14.04 ↓ -82%
Molina HIX $14.04 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health MCR $14.82 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $14.82 ↓ -81%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $22.41 ↓ -71%
BCBS PBHIX $22.41 ↓ -71%
SC State Employees COMM $24.37 ↓ -69%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.67 ↓ -68%
Medcost NEWULTRA $29.80 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $31.20 ↓ -60%
Aetna SC AFA $33.01 ↓ -58%
Aetna SC NB $33.01 ↓ -58%
Select Health HIX $33.54 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefit $35.10 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $35.10 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $39.00 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $41.96 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $42.12 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $43.84 ↓ -44%
BCBS PreferredBlue $44.23 ↓ -43%
BCBS BlueChoice $44.23 ↓ -43%
Aetna SC FI $44.29 ↓ -43%
Humana BH COMM $50.70 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $56.94 ↓ -27%
Aetna SC SI $57.57 ↓ -26%
MHNet COMM $58.50 ↓ -25%
Humana Choicecare PPO $58.50 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $62.40 ↓ -20%
Prime Health COMM $66.30 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $66.30 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $70.20 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $74.10 ↓ -5%

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Xm archive tissue molec anal at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson $78.00 $22.41 – $33.01
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $47.50 $12.40 – $30.75
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence not published $8.33 – $29.59
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester not published $5.33 – $30.75
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg not published $26.90 – $29.59
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston not published $12.31 – $29.59
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades not published $8.33 – $29.59
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster not published $13.25 – $30.92

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