Culture body fluid 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.

$7.35 with Humana vs $232.75 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
Humana Tricare $7.35
Agape Hospice MCD $8.62
Agape Hospice MCR $8.62
United Behavioral Health VACCN $8.62
Odyssey Hospice MCR $8.62
Humana BH MCR $8.62
United VACCN $8.62
United AllPayerAppendix $8.62
HUMANA MCR $8.62
Companion MCR $8.62
BCBS MCRPPO $8.62
Advantage Hospice MCD $8.62
Advantage Hospice MCR $8.62
Devoted Health MEDICARE $8.62
Arcadian MCR $8.62
Aetna MCR $8.71
Molina MCRMMP $8.79
United MCR $8.79
WellCare PPO $8.79
WellCare SNP $8.79
WellCare POS $8.79
WellCare MCRHMO $8.79
WellCare PFFS $8.79
Absolute Total Care MCR $8.79
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $8.88
Eon Health MCR $9.05
Clover MCR $9.05
Cigna MCR $9.31
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $10.34
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $11.11
United MCD $11.11
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $11.83
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $11.83
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.83
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $12.67
Aetna SC NB $12.94
Aetna SC AFA $12.94
Seven Corners COMM $15.08
Absolute Total Care HIX $15.08
Select Health HIX $16.72
Aetna SC FI $17.36
NaphCare PRISN $18.10
Aetna SC SI $22.57
Molina HIX $25.86
SC State Employees COMM $33.03
Absolute Total Care MCD $44.10
NHC Advantage MGMCR $46.55
Pruitt Health MCR $46.55
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $47.75
BCBS PBHIX $47.75
Medcost NEWULTRA $93.59
BCBS PreferredBlue $94.25
BCBS BlueChoice $94.25
United OptionsPPO $98.00
Employers Health Network COMM $110.25
United GlobalBenefit $110.25
OccuNet COMM $122.50
Medcost NEWPAYER $131.81
Vocational Rehab MCR $132.30
Medcost STANDARD $137.69
Humana BH COMM $159.25
First Health PPO $178.85
Humana Choicecare PPO $183.75
MHNet COMM $183.75
Evernorth BHCOMM $196.00
Prime Health COMM $208.25
Multiplan COMM $208.25
NovaNet COMM $220.50
BCBS COMM $232.75

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Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital GREER $155.35 $7.20 – $222.27
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