Glucagon tolerance panel 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.

$39.32 with Humana vs $263.43 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 $39.32
Devoted Health MEDICARE $46.07
Advantage Hospice MCR $46.07
Humana BH MCR $46.07
United VACCN $46.07
United AllPayerAppendix $46.07
Companion MCR $46.07
HUMANA MCR $46.07
BCBS MCRPPO $46.07
Arcadian MCR $46.07
Agape Hospice MCR $46.07
Advantage Hospice MCD $46.07
Agape Hospice MCD $46.07
United Behavioral Health VACCN $46.07
Odyssey Hospice MCR $46.07
Aetna MCR $46.53
WellCare SNP $46.99
WellCare POS $46.99
WellCare MCRHMO $46.99
WellCare PFFS $46.99
Molina MCRMMP $46.99
Absolute Total Care MCR $46.99
United MCR $46.99
WellCare PPO $46.99
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $47.45
Clover MCR $48.37
Eon Health MCR $48.37
Cigna MCR $49.76
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $55.28
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $59.40
United MCD $59.40
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $63.21
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $63.21
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $63.21
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $67.72
Aetna SC AFA $69.20
Aetna SC NB $69.20
Absolute Total Care HIX $80.62
Seven Corners COMM $80.62
Select Health HIX $89.38
Aetna SC FI $92.84
NaphCare PRISN $96.75
Aetna SC SI $120.69
SC State Employees COMM $121.16
BCBS PBHIX $133.49
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $133.49
Molina HIX $138.21
BCBS PreferredBlue $263.43
BCBS BlueChoice $263.43

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Glucagon tolerance panel at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson not published $39.32 – $133.49

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