Carotene at LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS
3445 Ingleside Blvd, Ladson, SC · HCA Trident Health System · · NPI 1124443478
$320.00
Cash price 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.
$320.00
Gross charge 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.
$7.87 with Humana vs $304.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humana | Tricare | $7.87 | ↓ -98% |
| Agape Hospice | MCD | $9.22 | ↓ -97% |
| Agape Hospice | MCR | $9.22 | ↓ -97% |
| United Behavioral Health | VACCN | $9.22 | ↓ -97% |
| Odyssey Hospice | MCR | $9.22 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana BH | MCR | $9.22 | ↓ -97% |
| United | VACCN | $9.22 | ↓ -97% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $9.22 | ↓ -97% |
| HUMANA | MCR | $9.22 | ↓ -97% |
| Companion | MCR | $9.22 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $9.22 | ↓ -97% |
| Advantage Hospice | MCD | $9.22 | ↓ -97% |
| Advantage Hospice | MCR | $9.22 | ↓ -97% |
| Devoted Health | MEDICARE | $9.22 | ↓ -97% |
| Arcadian | MCR | $9.22 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | MCR | $9.31 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | MCRMMP | $9.40 | ↓ -97% |
| United | MCR | $9.40 | ↓ -97% |
| WellCare | PPO | $9.40 | ↓ -97% |
| WellCare | SNP | $9.40 | ↓ -97% |
| WellCare | POS | $9.40 | ↓ -97% |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $9.40 | ↓ -97% |
| WellCare | PFFS | $9.40 | ↓ -97% |
| Absolute Total Care | MCR | $9.40 | ↓ -97% |
| BoldAge PACE | MGMCR | $9.50 | ↓ -97% |
| Eon Health | MCR | $9.68 | ↓ -97% |
| Clover | MCR | $9.68 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | MCR | $9.96 | ↓ -97% |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $11.06 | ↓ -97% |
| BLUE CHOICE | MGMCD | $11.89 | ↓ -96% |
| United | MCD | $11.89 | ↓ -96% |
| Employer's Health Network | WCOMP | $12.65 | ↓ -96% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $12.65 | ↓ -96% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $12.65 | ↓ -96% |
| Heritage Summit | WorkersComp | $13.55 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna SC | NB | $13.85 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna SC | AFA | $13.85 | ↓ -96% |
| Seven Corners | COMM | $16.14 | ↓ -95% |
| Absolute Total Care | HIX | $16.14 | ↓ -95% |
| Select Health | HIX | $17.89 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna SC | FI | $18.58 | ↓ -94% |
| NaphCare | PRISN | $19.36 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna SC | SI | $24.15 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | HIX | $27.66 | ↓ -91% |
| SC State Employees | COMM | $37.46 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | PBHIX | $51.12 | ↓ -84% |
| Blue Choice Health Plan | HIX | $51.12 | ↓ -84% |
| Absolute Total Care | MCD | $57.60 | ↓ -82% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $60.80 | ↓ -81% |
| Pruitt Health | MCR | $60.80 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | BlueChoice | $100.88 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | PreferredBlue | $100.88 | ↓ -68% |
| Medcost | NEWULTRA | $122.24 | ↓ -62% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $128.00 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $144.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $144.00 | ↓ -55% |
| OccuNet | COMM | $160.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Medcost | NEWPAYER | $172.16 | ↓ -46% |
| Vocational Rehab | MCR | $172.80 | ↓ -46% |
| Medcost | STANDARD | $179.84 | ↓ -44% |
| Humana BH | COMM | $208.00 | ↓ -35% |
| First Health | PPO | $233.60 | ↓ -27% |
| Humana Choicecare | PPO | $240.00 | ↓ -25% |
| MHNet | COMM | $240.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth | BHCOMM | $256.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Prime Health | COMM | $272.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMM | $272.00 | ↓ -15% |
| NovaNet | COMM | $288.00 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS | COMM | $304.00 | ↓ -5% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Carotene at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | $320.00 | $7.87 – $51.12 |