Acetylcysteine non-comp unit 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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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.

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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.

$8.19 with Humana vs $1,167.00 with United Behavioral Health — 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 $8.19
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $8.80
United MCD $8.80
United AllPayerAppendix $13.96
Aetna MCR $175.05
Molina HIX $210.06
Aetna SC NB $248.57
Aetna SC AFA $248.57
Aetna SC FI $333.76
Medcost NEWULTRA $445.79
United OptionsPPO $466.80
Employers Health Network COMM $525.15
United GlobalBenefit $525.15
Aetna SC SI $551.99
Medcost NEWPAYER $627.85
Vocational Rehab MCR $630.18
Medcost STANDARD $655.85
Humana BH COMM $758.55
First Health PPO $851.91
Humana Choicecare PPO $875.25
Evernorth BHCOMM $933.60
Prime Health COMM $991.95
Multiplan COMM $991.95
NovaNet COMM $1,050.30
BCBS COMM $1,108.65
United Behavioral Health VACCN $1,167.00

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Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $8.19 – $8.80

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