Assay of haptoglobins 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.

$15.47 with BLUE CHOICE vs $80.67 with Molina — 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
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $15.47
United MCD $15.47
Humana Tricare $22.95
Agape Hospice MCD $26.89
Devoted Health MEDICARE $26.89
Humana BH MCR $26.89
United VACCN $26.89
United AllPayerAppendix $26.89
HUMANA MCR $26.89
Companion MCR $26.89
BCBS MCRPPO $26.89
Advantage Hospice MCD $26.89
Advantage Hospice MCR $26.89
Arcadian MCR $26.89
Agape Hospice MCR $26.89
United Behavioral Health VACCN $26.89
Odyssey Hospice MCR $26.89
Aetna MCR $27.16
WellCare MCRHMO $27.43
WellCare PFFS $27.43
WellCare PPO $27.43
Absolute Total Care MCR $27.43
WellCare SNP $27.43
United MCR $27.43
Molina MCRMMP $27.43
WellCare POS $27.43
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $27.70
Eon Health MCR $28.23
Clover MCR $28.23
Cigna MCR $29.04
SC State Employees COMM $31.41
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $32.27
BCBS PBHIX $34.79
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $34.79
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $36.89
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $36.89
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $36.89
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $39.53
Aetna SC AFA $40.39
Aetna SC NB $40.39
Absolute Total Care HIX $47.06
Seven Corners COMM $47.06
Select Health HIX $52.17
Aetna SC FI $54.19
NaphCare PRISN $56.47
BCBS PreferredBlue $68.66
BCBS BlueChoice $68.66
Aetna SC SI $70.44
Molina HIX $80.67

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Assay of haptoglobins at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $15.47 – $56.47

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