Calcium acetate(phosphate binders) 667 mg tablet 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.

$0.05 with United vs $69.00 with United Behavioral Health — 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
United AllPayerAppendix $0.05
Absolute Total Care HIX $10.07
Aetna MCR $10.35
Absolute Total Care MCD $12.42
Molina HIX $12.42
Pruitt Health MCR $13.11
NHC Advantage MGMCR $13.11
Aetna SC NB $14.70
Aetna SC AFA $14.70
Aetna SC FI $19.73
Medcost NEWULTRA $26.36
United OptionsPPO $27.60
Select Health HIX $29.67
United GlobalBenefit $31.05
Employers Health Network COMM $31.05
Aetna SC SI $32.64
OccuNet COMM $34.50
Medcost NEWPAYER $37.12
Vocational Rehab MCR $37.26
Medcost STANDARD $38.78
Humana BH COMM $44.85
First Health PPO $50.37
Humana Choicecare PPO $51.75
MHNet COMM $51.75
Evernorth BHCOMM $55.20
Prime Health COMM $58.65
Multiplan COMM $58.65
NovaNet COMM $62.10
BCBS COMM $65.55
United Behavioral Health VACCN $69.00

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