Assay of glutathione 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.

$13.18 with Humana vs $81.46 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 $13.18
Devoted Health MEDICARE $15.45
Advantage Hospice MCR $15.45
Humana BH MCR $15.45
United VACCN $15.45
United AllPayerAppendix $15.45
Companion MCR $15.45
HUMANA MCR $15.45
BCBS MCRPPO $15.45
Arcadian MCR $15.45
Agape Hospice MCR $15.45
Advantage Hospice MCD $15.45
Agape Hospice MCD $15.45
United Behavioral Health VACCN $15.45
Odyssey Hospice MCR $15.45
Aetna MCR $15.60
WellCare SNP $15.76
WellCare POS $15.76
WellCare MCRHMO $15.76
WellCare PFFS $15.76
Molina MCRMMP $15.76
Absolute Total Care MCR $15.76
United MCR $15.76
WellCare PPO $15.76
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $15.91
Clover MCR $16.22
Eon Health MCR $16.22
Cigna MCR $16.69
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $18.38
United MCD $18.38
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $18.54
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $21.20
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $21.20
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $21.20
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $22.71
Aetna SC AFA $23.21
Aetna SC NB $23.21
Absolute Total Care HIX $27.04
Seven Corners COMM $27.04
Select Health HIX $29.97
Aetna SC FI $31.14
NaphCare PRISN $32.45
SC State Employees COMM $37.69
Aetna SC SI $40.48
BCBS PBHIX $41.26
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $41.26
Molina HIX $46.35
BCBS PreferredBlue $81.46
BCBS BlueChoice $81.46

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Assay of glutathione at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $13.18 – $41.26

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