Cytopath tbs c/v redo 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.

$13.62 with United vs $126.66 with Molina — 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 $13.62
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $13.62
SC State Employees COMM $20.57
BCBS PBHIX $26.45
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $26.45
Humana Tricare $36.04
Agape Hospice MCD $42.22
Devoted Health MEDICARE $42.22
United Behavioral Health VACCN $42.22
United VACCN $42.22
United AllPayerAppendix $42.22
HUMANA MCR $42.22
Humana BH MCR $42.22
Companion MCR $42.22
Advantage Hospice MCD $42.22
Advantage Hospice MCR $42.22
BCBS MCRPPO $42.22
Arcadian MCR $42.22
Agape Hospice MCR $42.22
Odyssey Hospice MCR $42.22
Aetna MCR $42.64
Absolute Total Care MCR $43.06
WellCare PFFS $43.06
WellCare SNP $43.06
Molina MCRMMP $43.06
WellCare PPO $43.06
WellCare MCRHMO $43.06
United MCR $43.06
WellCare POS $43.06
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $43.49
Eon Health MCR $44.33
Clover MCR $44.33
Cigna MCR $45.60
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $50.66
BCBS BlueChoice $52.19
BCBS PreferredBlue $52.19
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $57.93
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $57.93
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $57.93
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $62.06
Aetna SC NB $63.42
Aetna SC AFA $63.42
Absolute Total Care HIX $73.88
Seven Corners COMM $73.88
Select Health HIX $81.91
Aetna SC FI $85.09
NaphCare PRISN $88.66
Aetna SC SI $110.61
Molina HIX $126.66

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Cytopath tbs c/v redo at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $13.62 – $88.66

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