CT uppr extremity w/o&w/dye 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.

$311.54 with Absolute Total Care vs $6,074.30 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 $311.54
Select Health HIX $340.16
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
SC State Employees COMM $450.91
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $481.67
United MCD $481.67
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $788.87
BCBS PBHIX $788.87
Absolute Total Care MCD $1,150.92
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,214.86
Pruitt Health MCR $1,214.86
BCBS BlueChoice $1,449.94
BCBS PreferredBlue $1,449.94
Aetna SC NB $1,959.00
Aetna SC AFA $1,959.00
Medcost NEWULTRA $2,442.51
United OptionsPPO $2,557.60
Aetna SC FI $2,628.00
Employers Health Network COMM $2,877.30
United GlobalBenefit $2,877.30
Medcost NEWPAYER $3,439.97
Vocational Rehab MCR $3,452.76
Medcost STANDARD $3,593.43
Humana BH COMM $4,156.10
Aetna SC SI $4,523.00
First Health PPO $4,667.62
Humana Choicecare PPO $4,795.50
Evernorth BHCOMM $5,115.20
Prime Health COMM $5,434.90
Multiplan COMM $5,434.90
NovaNet COMM $5,754.60
BCBS COMM $6,074.30

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CT uppr extremity w/o&w/dye at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $311.54 – $788.87

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