Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS

3445 Ingleside Blvd, Ladson, SC · HCA Trident Health System · · NPI 1124443478

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.

$7.68 with BLUE CHOICE vs $210.90 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
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $7.68
United MCD $7.68
Humana Tricare $14.32
United VACCN $16.77
United AllPayerAppendix $16.77
Humana BH MCR $16.77
Agape Hospice MCR $16.77
Agape Hospice MCD $16.77
Odyssey Hospice MCR $16.77
HUMANA MCR $16.77
Devoted Health MEDICARE $16.77
United Behavioral Health VACCN $16.77
Companion MCR $16.77
Advantage Hospice MCD $16.77
Advantage Hospice MCR $16.77
BCBS MCRPPO $16.77
Arcadian MCR $16.77
Aetna MCR $16.94
WellCare MCRHMO $17.11
WellCare PFFS $17.11
WellCare POS $17.11
Absolute Total Care MCR $17.11
Molina MCRMMP $17.11
United MCR $17.11
WellCare PPO $17.11
WellCare SNP $17.11
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $17.27
Clover MCR $17.61
Eon Health MCR $17.61
Cigna MCR $18.11
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $20.12
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $23.01
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $23.01
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $23.01
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $24.65
Aetna SC NB $25.19
Aetna SC AFA $25.19
BCBS PBHIX $26.81
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $26.81
Seven Corners COMM $29.35
Absolute Total Care HIX $29.35
Select Health HIX $32.53
Aetna SC FI $33.80
NaphCare PRISN $35.22
Absolute Total Care MCD $39.96
Pruitt Health MCR $42.18
NHC Advantage MGMCR $42.18
Aetna SC SI $43.94
Molina HIX $50.31
SC State Employees COMM $50.54
BCBS BlueChoice $52.95
BCBS PreferredBlue $52.95
Medcost NEWULTRA $84.80
United OptionsPPO $88.80
Employers Health Network COMM $99.90
United GlobalBenefit $99.90
OccuNet COMM $111.00
Medcost NEWPAYER $119.44
Vocational Rehab MCR $119.88
Medcost STANDARD $124.76
Humana BH COMM $144.30
First Health PPO $162.06
MHNet COMM $166.50
Humana Choicecare PPO $166.50
Evernorth BHCOMM $177.60
Prime Health COMM $188.70
Multiplan COMM $188.70
NovaNet COMM $199.80
BCBS COMM $210.90

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