Assay malate dehydrogenase 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.

$6.29 with Humana vs $42.14 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 $6.29
Devoted Health MEDICARE $7.37
Advantage Hospice MCR $7.37
Humana BH MCR $7.37
United VACCN $7.37
United AllPayerAppendix $7.37
Companion MCR $7.37
HUMANA MCR $7.37
BCBS MCRPPO $7.37
Arcadian MCR $7.37
Agape Hospice MCR $7.37
Advantage Hospice MCD $7.37
Agape Hospice MCD $7.37
United Behavioral Health VACCN $7.37
Odyssey Hospice MCR $7.37
Aetna MCR $7.44
WellCare SNP $7.52
WellCare POS $7.52
WellCare MCRHMO $7.52
WellCare PFFS $7.52
Molina MCRMMP $7.52
Absolute Total Care MCR $7.52
United MCR $7.52
WellCare PPO $7.52
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $7.59
Clover MCR $7.74
Eon Health MCR $7.74
Cigna MCR $7.96
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $8.84
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $9.50
United MCD $9.50
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $10.11
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $10.11
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $10.11
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $10.83
Aetna SC AFA $11.07
Aetna SC NB $11.07
Absolute Total Care HIX $12.90
Seven Corners COMM $12.90
Select Health HIX $14.30
Aetna SC FI $14.86
NaphCare PRISN $15.48
Aetna SC SI $19.31
SC State Employees COMM $19.75
BCBS PBHIX $21.36
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $21.36
Molina HIX $22.11
BCBS PreferredBlue $42.14
BCBS BlueChoice $42.14

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