Assay of blood lipoprotein 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.

$10.81 with United vs $80.02 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
United MCD $10.81
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $10.81
Humana Tricare $10.88
United VACCN $12.75
HUMANA MCR $12.75
United AllPayerAppendix $12.75
Odyssey Hospice MCR $12.75
Humana BH MCR $12.75
Advantage Hospice MCD $12.75
Advantage Hospice MCR $12.75
Devoted Health MEDICARE $12.75
Companion MCR $12.75
Agape Hospice MCR $12.75
BCBS MCRPPO $12.75
United Behavioral Health VACCN $12.75
Arcadian MCR $12.75
Agape Hospice MCD $12.75
Aetna MCR $12.88
WellCare POS $13.01
United MCR $13.01
Molina MCRMMP $13.01
Absolute Total Care MCR $13.01
WellCare PFFS $13.01
WellCare PPO $13.01
WellCare SNP $13.01
WellCare MCRHMO $13.01
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $13.13
Clover MCR $13.39
Eon Health MCR $13.39
Cigna MCR $13.77
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $15.30
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $17.49
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $17.49
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $17.49
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $18.74
Aetna SC AFA $19.16
Aetna SC NB $19.16
Seven Corners COMM $22.31
Absolute Total Care HIX $22.31
Select Health HIX $24.73
Aetna SC FI $25.71
NaphCare PRISN $26.78
SC State Employees COMM $31.25
Aetna SC SI $33.42
Molina HIX $38.25
BCBS PBHIX $40.54
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $40.54
BCBS BlueChoice $80.02
BCBS PreferredBlue $80.02

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Assay of blood lipoprotein at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $10.81 – $40.54

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