Amino acids quant 2-5 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.

$16.73 with Humana vs $83.82 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 $16.73
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $18.89
United MCD $18.89
Agape Hospice MCD $19.61
Devoted Health MEDICARE $19.61
Humana BH MCR $19.61
United VACCN $19.61
United AllPayerAppendix $19.61
HUMANA MCR $19.61
Companion MCR $19.61
BCBS MCRPPO $19.61
Advantage Hospice MCD $19.61
Advantage Hospice MCR $19.61
Arcadian MCR $19.61
Agape Hospice MCR $19.61
United Behavioral Health VACCN $19.61
Odyssey Hospice MCR $19.61
Aetna MCR $19.81
WellCare MCRHMO $20.00
WellCare PFFS $20.00
WellCare PPO $20.00
Absolute Total Care MCR $20.00
WellCare SNP $20.00
United MCR $20.00
Molina MCRMMP $20.00
WellCare POS $20.00
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $20.20
Eon Health MCR $20.59
Clover MCR $20.59
Cigna MCR $21.18
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $23.53
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $26.90
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $26.90
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $26.90
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $28.83
Aetna SC AFA $29.47
Aetna SC NB $29.47
Seven Corners COMM $34.32
Absolute Total Care HIX $34.32
Select Health HIX $38.04
SC State Employees COMM $38.59
Aetna SC FI $39.54
NaphCare PRISN $41.18
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $42.47
BCBS PBHIX $42.47
Aetna SC SI $51.39
Molina HIX $58.83
BCBS PreferredBlue $83.82
BCBS BlueChoice $83.82

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Amino acids quant 2-5 at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $16.73 – $42.47

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