Assay of corticosterone 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.

$19.23 with Humana vs $88.79 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 $19.23
United MCD $20.03
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $20.03
United VACCN $22.52
HUMANA MCR $22.52
United AllPayerAppendix $22.52
Odyssey Hospice MCR $22.52
Humana BH MCR $22.52
Advantage Hospice MCD $22.52
Advantage Hospice MCR $22.52
Devoted Health MEDICARE $22.52
Companion MCR $22.52
Agape Hospice MCR $22.52
BCBS MCRPPO $22.52
United Behavioral Health VACCN $22.52
Arcadian MCR $22.52
Agape Hospice MCD $22.52
Aetna MCR $22.75
WellCare POS $22.97
United MCR $22.97
Molina MCRMMP $22.97
Absolute Total Care MCR $22.97
WellCare PFFS $22.97
WellCare PPO $22.97
WellCare SNP $22.97
WellCare MCRHMO $22.97
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $23.20
Clover MCR $23.65
Eon Health MCR $23.65
Cigna MCR $24.32
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $27.02
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $30.90
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $30.90
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $30.90
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $33.10
Aetna SC AFA $33.84
Aetna SC NB $33.84
Seven Corners COMM $39.41
Absolute Total Care HIX $39.41
SC State Employees COMM $40.39
Select Health HIX $43.69
BCBS PBHIX $44.99
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $44.99
Aetna SC FI $45.40
NaphCare PRISN $47.29
Aetna SC SI $59.02
Molina HIX $67.56
BCBS BlueChoice $88.79
BCBS PreferredBlue $88.79

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Assay of corticosterone at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $19.23 – $47.29

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