Albumin, human 5 % intravenous solution 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

$435.00

Cash price

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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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$435.00

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.

$10.30 with Humana vs $435.00 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

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 $10.30 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.52 ↓ -96%
Aetna SC NB $21.47 ↓ -95%
Aetna SC AFA $21.47 ↓ -95%
Aetna SC FI $28.81 ↓ -93%
Aetna SC SI $37.45 ↓ -91%
Aetna MCR $65.25 ↓ -85%
BCBS PBHIX $77.06 ↓ -82%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $77.06 ↓ -82%
Molina HIX $78.30 ↓ -82%
BCBS BlueChoice $152.10 ↓ -65%
BCBS PreferredBlue $152.10 ↓ -65%
Medcost NEWULTRA $166.17 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $174.00 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefit $195.75 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $195.75 ↓ -55%
Medcost NEWPAYER $234.03 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $234.90 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $244.47 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $282.75 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $317.55 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare PPO $326.25 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $348.00 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMM $369.75 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMM $369.75 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $391.50 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $413.25 ↓ -5%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $435.00 ↑ +0%
SC State Employees COMM not published by hospital

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Albumin, human 5 % intravenous solution at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson $435.00 $10.30 – $77.06

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