Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block 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

$103.00

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.

$103.00

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.

$14.87 with BLUE CHOICE vs $103.00 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
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $14.87 ↓ -86%
United MCD $14.87 ↓ -86%
Absolute Total Care HIX $15.04 ↓ -85%
Aetna MCR $15.45 ↓ -85%
Molina HIX $18.54 ↓ -82%
Absolute Total Care MCD $18.54 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $19.57 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health MCR $19.57 ↓ -81%
BCBS PBHIX $22.41 ↓ -78%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $22.41 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.08 ↓ -77%
Aetna SC AFA $34.13 ↓ -67%
Aetna SC NB $34.13 ↓ -67%
Medcost NEWULTRA $39.35 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $41.20 ↓ -60%
BCBS PreferredBlue $44.23 ↓ -57%
BCBS BlueChoice $44.23 ↓ -57%
Select Health HIX $44.29 ↓ -57%
Aetna SC FI $45.79 ↓ -56%
Employers Health Network COMM $46.35 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefit $46.35 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $51.50 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $55.41 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $55.62 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $57.89 ↓ -44%
Aetna SC SI $59.52 ↓ -42%
Humana BH COMM $66.95 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $75.19 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare PPO $77.25 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $77.25 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $82.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMM $87.55 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMM $87.55 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $92.70 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $97.85 ↓ -5%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $103.00 ↑ +0%

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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER $103.00 $14.87 – $34.13

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