#creutz-prot.,western blot 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.

$24.74 with United vs $606.10 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
United MCD $24.74
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $24.74
Humana Tricare $24.93
Aetna SC AFA $25.69
Aetna SC NB $25.69
Advantage Hospice MCR $29.21
Devoted Health MEDICARE $29.21
United Behavioral Health VACCN $29.21
Odyssey Hospice MCR $29.21
Humana BH MCR $29.21
Companion MCR $29.21
United VACCN $29.21
United AllPayerAppendix $29.21
BCBS MCRPPO $29.21
HUMANA MCR $29.21
Arcadian MCR $29.21
Agape Hospice MCR $29.21
Agape Hospice MCD $29.21
Advantage Hospice MCD $29.21
Aetna MCR $29.50
WellCare MCRHMO $29.79
WellCare POS $29.79
Absolute Total Care MCR $29.79
United MCR $29.79
WellCare PFFS $29.79
WellCare SNP $29.79
Molina MCRMMP $29.79
WellCare PPO $29.79
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $30.09
Eon Health MCR $30.67
Clover MCR $30.67
Cigna MCR $31.55
Aetna SC FI $34.47
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $35.05
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $40.08
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $40.08
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $40.08
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $42.94
Aetna SC SI $44.81
Seven Corners COMM $51.12
Absolute Total Care HIX $51.12
BCBS PBHIX $56.45
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $56.45
Select Health HIX $56.67
NaphCare PRISN $61.34
SC State Employees COMM $70.49
Molina HIX $87.63
BCBS BlueChoice $111.43
BCBS PreferredBlue $111.43
Absolute Total Care MCD $114.84
Pruitt Health MCR $121.22
NHC Advantage MGMCR $121.22
Medcost NEWULTRA $243.72
United OptionsPPO $255.20
United GlobalBenefit $287.10
Employers Health Network COMM $287.10
OccuNet COMM $319.00
Medcost NEWPAYER $343.24
Vocational Rehab MCR $344.52
Medcost STANDARD $358.56
Humana BH COMM $414.70
First Health PPO $465.74
MHNet COMM $478.50
Humana Choicecare PPO $478.50
Evernorth BHCOMM $510.40
Multiplan COMM $542.30
Prime Health COMM $542.30
NovaNet COMM $574.20
BCBS COMM $606.10

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#creutz-prot.,western blot at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $24.74 – $70.49

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