(both sides) smear without diff wbc count 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.

$2.93 with Humana vs $34.78 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 $2.93
Devoted Health MEDICARE $3.43
Advantage Hospice MCR $3.43
Humana BH MCR $3.43
United VACCN $3.43
United AllPayerAppendix $3.43
Companion MCR $3.43
HUMANA MCR $3.43
BCBS MCRPPO $3.43
Arcadian MCR $3.43
Agape Hospice MCR $3.43
Advantage Hospice MCD $3.43
Agape Hospice MCD $3.43
United Behavioral Health VACCN $3.43
Odyssey Hospice MCR $3.43
Aetna MCR $3.46
WellCare SNP $3.50
WellCare POS $3.50
WellCare MCRHMO $3.50
WellCare PFFS $3.50
Molina MCRMMP $3.50
Absolute Total Care MCR $3.50
United MCR $3.50
WellCare PPO $3.50
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $3.53
Clover MCR $3.60
Eon Health MCR $3.60
Cigna MCR $3.70
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.12
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $4.44
United MCD $4.44
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $4.71
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $4.71
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $4.71
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $5.04
Aetna SC AFA $5.16
Aetna SC NB $5.16
Absolute Total Care HIX $6.00
Seven Corners COMM $6.00
Select Health HIX $6.65
Aetna SC FI $6.93
NaphCare PRISN $7.20
Aetna SC SI $9.00
Molina HIX $10.29
SC State Employees COMM $13.39
BCBS PBHIX $17.63
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $17.63
BCBS PreferredBlue $34.78
BCBS BlueChoice $34.78

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(both sides) smear without diff wbc count at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $2.93 – $17.63

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