Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml 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.

$51.49 with Humana vs $1,636.85 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
Humana Tricare $51.49
SC State Employees COMM $75.32
United AllPayerAppendix $87.58
Aetna SC NB $107.34
Aetna SC AFA $107.34
Aetna SC FI $144.01
Aetna SC SI $187.20
BCBS PBHIX $199.44
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $199.44
Molina HIX $310.14
BCBS PreferredBlue $393.60
BCBS BlueChoice $393.60
Medcost NEWULTRA $658.19
United OptionsPPO $689.20
Employers Health Network COMM $775.35
United GlobalBenefit $775.35
Medcost NEWPAYER $926.97
Vocational Rehab MCR $930.42
Medcost STANDARD $968.33
Humana BH COMM $1,119.95
First Health PPO $1,257.79
Humana Choicecare PPO $1,292.25
Evernorth BHCOMM $1,378.40
Prime Health COMM $1,464.55
Multiplan COMM $1,464.55
NovaNet COMM $1,550.70
BCBS COMM $1,636.85

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Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $51.49 – $199.44

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