Creatine - sendout 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.

$3.96 with Humana vs $52.19 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 $3.96
Devoted Health MEDICARE $4.64
Advantage Hospice MCR $4.64
Humana BH MCR $4.64
United VACCN $4.64
United AllPayerAppendix $4.64
Companion MCR $4.64
HUMANA MCR $4.64
BCBS MCRPPO $4.64
Arcadian MCR $4.64
Agape Hospice MCR $4.64
Advantage Hospice MCD $4.64
Agape Hospice MCD $4.64
United Behavioral Health VACCN $4.64
Odyssey Hospice MCR $4.64
Aetna MCR $4.69
WellCare SNP $4.73
WellCare POS $4.73
WellCare MCRHMO $4.73
WellCare PFFS $4.73
Molina MCRMMP $4.73
Absolute Total Care MCR $4.73
United MCR $4.73
WellCare PPO $4.73
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $4.78
Clover MCR $4.87
Eon Health MCR $4.87
Cigna MCR $5.01
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.57
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $5.98
United MCD $5.98
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $6.37
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $6.37
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $6.37
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $6.82
Aetna SC AFA $6.97
Aetna SC NB $6.97
Absolute Total Care HIX $8.12
Seven Corners COMM $8.12
Select Health HIX $9.00
Aetna SC FI $9.35
NaphCare PRISN $9.74
Aetna SC SI $12.16
Molina HIX $13.92
SC State Employees COMM $19.62
BCBS PBHIX $26.45
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $26.45
BCBS PreferredBlue $52.19
BCBS BlueChoice $52.19

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Creatine - sendout at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $3.96 – $26.45

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