Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue 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

$191.00

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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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$191.00

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.

$27.89 with Absolute Total Care vs $181.45 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
Absolute Total Care HIX $27.89 ↓ -85%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $29.77 ↓ -84%
United MCD $29.77 ↓ -84%
Absolute Total Care MCD $34.38 ↓ -82%
Molina HIX $34.38 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $36.29 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health MCR $36.29 ↓ -81%
Aetna SC NB $56.78 ↓ -70%
Aetna SC AFA $56.78 ↓ -70%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $70.36 ↓ -63%
BCBS PBHIX $70.36 ↓ -63%
Medcost NEWULTRA $72.96 ↓ -62%
Aetna SC FI $76.18 ↓ -60%
United OptionsPPO $76.40 ↓ -60%
Select Health HIX $82.13 ↓ -57%
Employers Health Network COMM $85.95 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefit $85.95 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $95.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna SC SI $99.02 ↓ -48%
Medcost NEWPAYER $102.76 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $103.14 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $107.34 ↓ -44%
SC State Employees COMM $107.45 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $124.15 ↓ -35%
BCBS PreferredBlue $138.86 ↓ -27%
BCBS BlueChoice $138.86 ↓ -27%
First Health PPO $139.43 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare PPO $143.25 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $143.25 ↓ -25%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -22%
Evernorth BHCOMM $152.80 ↓ -20%
Prime Health COMM $162.35 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $162.35 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $171.90 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $181.45 ↓ -5%

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