Culture screening strep group a 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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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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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.

$3.78 with Absolute Total Care vs $48.57 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

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 MCD $3.78
NHC Advantage MGMCR $3.99
Pruitt Health MCR $3.99
Humana Tricare $5.66
Advantage Hospice MCR $6.63
Advantage Hospice MCD $6.63
Humana BH MCR $6.63
United Behavioral Health VACCN $6.63
BCBS MCRPPO $6.63
Arcadian MCR $6.63
Odyssey Hospice MCR $6.63
Devoted Health MEDICARE $6.63
Agape Hospice MCR $6.63
Agape Hospice MCD $6.63
Companion MCR $6.63
HUMANA MCR $6.63
United AllPayerAppendix $6.63
United VACCN $6.63
Aetna MCR $6.70
WellCare POS $6.76
WellCare PPO $6.76
WellCare SNP $6.76
WellCare MCRHMO $6.76
WellCare PFFS $6.76
Absolute Total Care MCR $6.76
Molina MCRMMP $6.76
United MCR $6.76
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $6.83
Clover MCR $6.96
Eon Health MCR $6.96
Cigna MCR $7.16
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $7.96
Medcost NEWULTRA $8.02
United OptionsPPO $8.40
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $8.55
United MCD $8.55
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $9.10
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $9.10
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.10
United GlobalBenefit $9.45
Employers Health Network COMM $9.45
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $9.75
Aetna SC AFA $9.96
Aetna SC NB $9.96
OccuNet COMM $10.50
Medcost NEWPAYER $11.30
Vocational Rehab MCR $11.34
Seven Corners COMM $11.60
Absolute Total Care HIX $11.60
Medcost STANDARD $11.80
Select Health HIX $12.86
Aetna SC FI $13.36
Humana BH COMM $13.65
NaphCare PRISN $13.92
First Health PPO $15.33
Humana Choicecare PPO $15.75
MHNet COMM $15.75
Evernorth BHCOMM $16.80
Aetna SC SI $17.37
Prime Health COMM $17.85
Multiplan COMM $17.85
NovaNet COMM $18.90
Molina HIX $19.89
BCBS COMM $19.95
SC State Employees COMM $22.36
BCBS PBHIX $24.62
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $24.62
BCBS BlueChoice $48.57
BCBS PreferredBlue $48.57

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