Assay of neonatal thyroxine 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.

$5.52 with Humana vs $31.30 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 $5.52
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $6.12
United MCD $6.12
Agape Hospice MCD $6.47
Devoted Health MEDICARE $6.47
Humana BH MCR $6.47
United VACCN $6.47
United AllPayerAppendix $6.47
HUMANA MCR $6.47
Companion MCR $6.47
BCBS MCRPPO $6.47
Advantage Hospice MCD $6.47
Advantage Hospice MCR $6.47
Arcadian MCR $6.47
Agape Hospice MCR $6.47
United Behavioral Health VACCN $6.47
Odyssey Hospice MCR $6.47
Aetna MCR $6.53
WellCare MCRHMO $6.60
WellCare PFFS $6.60
WellCare PPO $6.60
Absolute Total Care MCR $6.60
WellCare SNP $6.60
United MCR $6.60
Molina MCRMMP $6.60
WellCare POS $6.60
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $6.66
Eon Health MCR $6.79
Clover MCR $6.79
Cigna MCR $6.99
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $7.76
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $8.88
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $8.88
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $8.88
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $9.51
Aetna SC AFA $9.73
Aetna SC NB $9.73
Seven Corners COMM $11.32
Absolute Total Care HIX $11.32
Select Health HIX $12.55
Aetna SC FI $13.05
SC State Employees COMM $13.45
NaphCare PRISN $13.59
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $15.85
BCBS PBHIX $15.85
Aetna SC SI $16.96
Molina HIX $19.41
BCBS PreferredBlue $31.30
BCBS BlueChoice $31.30

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Assay of neonatal thyroxine at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $5.52 – $15.85

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