Electrophysiology evaluation 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

$31,935.00

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$31,935.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1,660.42 with BLUE CHOICE vs $114,527.00 with Aetna SC — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $1,660.42 ↓ -95%
United MCD $1,660.42 ↓ -95%
Absolute Total Care MCD $5,500.00 ↓ -83%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $5,530.71 ↓ -83%
BCBS PBHIX $5,530.71 ↓ -83%
Pruitt Health MCR $6,067.65 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $6,067.65 ↓ -81%
Select Health HIX $8,543.00 ↓ -73%
Absolute Total Care HIX $8,622.00 ↓ -73%
SC State Employees COMM $10,504.51 ↓ -67%
BCBS BlueChoice $10,915.42 ↓ -66%
BCBS PreferredBlue $10,915.42 ↓ -66%
Medcost NEWULTRA $12,199.17 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $12,774.00 ↓ -60%
Molina HIX $13,211.00 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefit $14,370.75 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $14,370.75 ↓ -55%
Medcost NEWPAYER $17,181.03 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $17,244.90 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $17,947.47 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $20,757.75 ↓ -35%
United AllPayerAppendix $22,337.00 ↓ -30%
First Health PPO $23,312.55 ↓ -27%
MHNet COMM $23,951.25 ↓ -25%
Humana Choicecare PPO $23,951.25 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $25,548.00 ↓ -20%
Prime Health COMM $27,144.75 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $27,144.75 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $28,741.50 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $30,338.25 ↓ -5%
Aetna SC AFA $36,145.00 ↑ +13%
Aetna SC NB $36,145.00 ↑ +13%
Aetna SC FI $48,503.00 ↑ +52%
Aetna SC SI $114,527.00 ↑ +259%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Electrophysiology evaluation at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER $31,935.00 $1,660.42 – $10,504.51

All South-carolina hospitals for this procedure →