Electrolyte panel 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

$79.00

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.

$79.00

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.

$5.98 with Humana vs $75.05 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 $5.98 ↓ -92%
BCBS PBHIX $6.20 ↓ -92%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $6.20 ↓ -92%
Advantage Hospice MCR $7.01 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health MEDICARE $7.01 ↓ -91%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $7.01 ↓ -91%
Odyssey Hospice MCR $7.01 ↓ -91%
Humana BH MCR $7.01 ↓ -91%
Companion MCR $7.01 ↓ -91%
United VACCN $7.01 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.01 ↓ -91%
BCBS MCRPPO $7.01 ↓ -91%
HUMANA MCR $7.01 ↓ -91%
Arcadian MCR $7.01 ↓ -91%
Agape Hospice MCR $7.01 ↓ -91%
Agape Hospice MCD $7.01 ↓ -91%
Advantage Hospice MCD $7.01 ↓ -91%
Aetna MCR $7.08 ↓ -91%
WellCare MCRHMO $7.15 ↓ -91%
WellCare PFFS $7.15 ↓ -91%
United MCR $7.15 ↓ -91%
WellCare POS $7.15 ↓ -91%
WellCare SNP $7.15 ↓ -91%
WellCare PPO $7.15 ↓ -91%
Molina MCRMMP $7.15 ↓ -91%
Absolute Total Care MCR $7.15 ↓ -91%
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $7.22 ↓ -91%
Clover MCR $7.36 ↓ -91%
Eon Health MCR $7.36 ↓ -91%
Cigna MCR $7.57 ↓ -90%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $8.41 ↓ -89%
United MCD $9.05 ↓ -89%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $9.05 ↓ -89%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $9.62 ↓ -88%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.62 ↓ -88%
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $9.62 ↓ -88%
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $10.30 ↓ -87%
Aetna SC AFA $10.54 ↓ -87%
Aetna SC NB $10.54 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueChoice $12.24 ↓ -85%
BCBS PreferredBlue $12.24 ↓ -85%
Absolute Total Care HIX $12.27 ↓ -84%
Seven Corners COMM $12.27 ↓ -84%
Select Health HIX $13.60 ↓ -83%
Aetna SC FI $14.13 ↓ -82%
Absolute Total Care MCD $14.22 ↓ -82%
NaphCare PRISN $14.72 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $15.01 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health MCR $15.01 ↓ -81%
Aetna SC SI $18.37 ↓ -77%
Molina HIX $21.03 ↓ -73%
SC State Employees COMM $26.78 ↓ -66%
Medcost NEWULTRA $30.18 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $31.60 ↓ -60%
Employers Health Network COMM $35.55 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefit $35.55 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $39.50 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $42.50 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $42.66 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $44.40 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $51.35 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $57.67 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare PPO $59.25 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $59.25 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $63.20 ↓ -20%
Prime Health COMM $67.15 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $67.15 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $71.10 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $75.05 ↓ -5%

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