Assay of estrogen 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.

$75.01 with Humana vs $448.71 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 $75.01
United MCD $76.83
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $76.83
United AllPayerAppendix $87.88
United VACCN $87.88
BCBS MCRPPO $87.88
Companion MCR $87.88
Advantage Hospice MCR $87.88
Advantage Hospice MCD $87.88
HUMANA MCR $87.88
Devoted Health MEDICARE $87.88
Odyssey Hospice MCR $87.88
Humana BH MCR $87.88
Agape Hospice MCD $87.88
Agape Hospice MCR $87.88
United Behavioral Health VACCN $87.88
Arcadian MCR $87.88
Aetna MCR $88.76
WellCare PFFS $89.64
WellCare PPO $89.64
WellCare SNP $89.64
WellCare POS $89.64
WellCare MCRHMO $89.64
Absolute Total Care MCR $89.64
Molina MCRMMP $89.64
United MCR $89.64
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $90.52
Clover MCR $92.27
Eon Health MCR $92.27
Cigna MCR $94.91
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $105.46
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $120.57
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $120.57
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $120.57
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $129.18
Aetna SC AFA $132.03
Aetna SC NB $132.03
Absolute Total Care HIX $153.79
Seven Corners COMM $153.79
Select Health HIX $170.49
Aetna SC FI $177.13
NaphCare PRISN $184.55
SC State Employees COMM $186.16
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $227.35
BCBS PBHIX $227.35
Aetna SC SI $230.26
Molina HIX $263.64
BCBS BlueChoice $448.71
BCBS PreferredBlue $448.71

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Assay of estrogen at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $75.01 – $227.35

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