Artery x-rays lungs 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.

$123.48 with Select Health vs $7,911.60 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
Select Health HIX $123.48
Aetna SC NB $138.33
Aetna SC AFA $138.33
Aetna SC FI $185.54
Aetna SC SI $202.01
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $718.43
United MCD $718.43
Absolute Total Care HIX $1,215.89
BCBS PBHIX $1,344.16
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $1,344.16
Absolute Total Care MCD $1,499.04
Pruitt Health MCR $1,582.32
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,582.32
SC State Employees COMM $1,965.37
BCBS BlueChoice $2,575.56
BCBS PreferredBlue $2,575.56
Medcost NEWULTRA $3,181.30
United OptionsPPO $3,331.20
Employers Health Network COMM $3,747.60
United GlobalBenefit $3,747.60
OccuNet COMM $4,164.00
Medcost NEWPAYER $4,480.46
Vocational Rehab MCR $4,497.12
Medcost STANDARD $4,680.34
Humana BH COMM $5,413.20
First Health PPO $6,079.44
Humana Choicecare PPO $6,246.00
MHNet COMM $6,246.00
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74
Evernorth BHCOMM $6,662.40
Prime Health COMM $7,078.80
Multiplan COMM $7,078.80
NovaNet COMM $7,495.20
BCBS COMM $7,911.60

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HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $123.48 – $5,508.13

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