Assay of galactose 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.

$9.55 with Humana vs $63.99 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 $9.55
Agape Hospice MCR $11.20
United VACCN $11.20
United Behavioral Health VACCN $11.20
Arcadian MCR $11.20
BCBS MCRPPO $11.20
Companion MCR $11.20
Advantage Hospice MCR $11.20
Advantage Hospice MCD $11.20
HUMANA MCR $11.20
United AllPayerAppendix $11.20
Devoted Health MEDICARE $11.20
Humana BH MCR $11.20
Agape Hospice MCD $11.20
Odyssey Hospice MCR $11.20
Aetna MCR $11.31
WellCare PFFS $11.42
WellCare PPO $11.42
WellCare SNP $11.42
WellCare POS $11.42
WellCare MCRHMO $11.42
Absolute Total Care MCR $11.42
Molina MCRMMP $11.42
United MCR $11.42
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $11.54
Eon Health MCR $11.76
Clover MCR $11.76
Cigna MCR $12.10
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $13.44
United MCD $14.44
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $14.44
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $15.37
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $15.37
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $15.37
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $16.46
Aetna SC NB $16.83
Aetna SC AFA $16.83
Seven Corners COMM $19.60
Absolute Total Care HIX $19.60
Select Health HIX $21.73
Aetna SC FI $22.58
NaphCare PRISN $23.52
Aetna SC SI $29.36
SC State Employees COMM $29.61
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $32.43
BCBS PBHIX $32.43
Molina HIX $33.60
BCBS PreferredBlue $63.99
BCBS BlueChoice $63.99

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Assay of galactose at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $9.55 – $32.43

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