Epoetin alfa, 100 units esrd 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.

$0.69 with Humana vs $21.00 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 $0.69
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $0.88
United MCD $0.88
BCBS PBHIX $1.24
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $1.24
United AllPayerAppendix $1.27
BCBS PreferredBlue $2.43
BCBS BlueChoice $2.43
Absolute Total Care HIX $3.07
Aetna MCR $3.15
Absolute Total Care MCD $3.78
Molina HIX $3.78
Pruitt Health MCR $3.99
NHC Advantage MGMCR $3.99
Aetna SC AFA $4.47
Aetna SC NB $4.47
Aetna SC FI $6.01
Medcost NEWULTRA $8.02
United OptionsPPO $8.40
Select Health HIX $9.03
Employers Health Network COMM $9.45
United GlobalBenefit $9.45
Aetna SC SI $9.93
OccuNet COMM $10.50
Medcost NEWPAYER $11.30
Vocational Rehab MCR $11.34
Medcost STANDARD $11.80
Humana BH COMM $13.65
First Health PPO $15.33
MHNet COMM $15.75
Humana Choicecare PPO $15.75
Evernorth BHCOMM $16.80
Multiplan COMM $17.85
Prime Health COMM $17.85
NovaNet COMM $18.90
BCBS COMM $19.95
United Behavioral Health VACCN $21.00

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Epoetin alfa, 100 units esrd at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $0.69 – $1.24

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