Assay of sialic acid 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.

$11.48 with Humana vs $198.29 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 $11.48
Agape Hospice MCR $13.44
Arcadian MCR $13.44
BCBS MCRPPO $13.44
United AllPayerAppendix $13.44
HUMANA MCR $13.44
Odyssey Hospice MCR $13.44
Humana BH MCR $13.44
Devoted Health MEDICARE $13.44
Advantage Hospice MCD $13.44
Advantage Hospice MCR $13.44
Companion MCR $13.44
United Behavioral Health VACCN $13.44
United VACCN $13.44
Agape Hospice MCD $13.44
Aetna MCR $13.57
WellCare PPO $13.71
Molina MCRMMP $13.71
United MCR $13.71
Absolute Total Care MCR $13.71
WellCare PFFS $13.71
WellCare MCRHMO $13.71
WellCare POS $13.71
WellCare SNP $13.71
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $13.84
Clover MCR $14.11
Eon Health MCR $14.11
Cigna MCR $14.52
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $16.13
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $17.32
United MCD $17.32
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $18.44
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $18.44
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.44
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $19.76
Aetna SC AFA $20.18
Aetna SC NB $20.18
Seven Corners COMM $23.52
Absolute Total Care HIX $23.52
Select Health HIX $26.07
Aetna SC FI $27.08
NaphCare PRISN $28.22
Aetna SC SI $35.20
Molina HIX $40.32
SC State Employees COMM $68.53
BCBS PBHIX $100.47
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $100.47
BCBS BlueChoice $198.29
BCBS PreferredBlue $198.29

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