Chest 2 vws w oblique 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

$1,192.00

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.

$1,192.00

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.

$23.32 with BLUE CHOICE vs $1,132.40 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
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $23.32 ↓ -98%
United MCD $23.32 ↓ -98%
Aetna SC AFA $29.98 ↓ -97%
Aetna SC NB $29.98 ↓ -97%
Aetna SC FI $40.21 ↓ -97%
Aetna SC SI $43.78 ↓ -96%
Select Health HIX $53.76 ↓ -95%
BCBS PBHIX $112.74 ↓ -91%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $112.74 ↓ -91%
SC State Employees COMM $134.03 ↓ -89%
Absolute Total Care HIX $174.03 ↓ -85%
Absolute Total Care MCD $214.56 ↓ -82%
BCBS PreferredBlue $216.02 ↓ -82%
BCBS BlueChoice $216.02 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $226.48 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health MCR $226.48 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -79%
Medcost NEWULTRA $455.34 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $476.80 ↓ -60%
Employers Health Network COMM $536.40 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefit $536.40 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $596.00 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $641.30 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $643.68 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $669.90 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $774.80 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $870.16 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare PPO $894.00 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $894.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $953.60 ↓ -20%
Prime Health COMM $1,013.20 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $1,013.20 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $1,072.80 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $1,132.40 ↓ -5%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
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