ER Visit (level 2) 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.

$250.00 with Molina vs $3,615.00 with HUMANA — 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
Molina MCRMMP $250.00
SC State Employees COMM $278.04
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $399.09
BCBS PBHIX $399.09
Aetna SC NB $516.00
Aetna SC AFA $516.00
BCBS BlueChoice $516.70
BCBS PreferredBlue $516.70
Medcost NEWULTRA $616.93
United OptionsPPO $646.00
Molina HIX $661.00
Aetna SC FI $691.00
United GlobalBenefit $726.75
Employers Health Network COMM $726.75
OccuNet COMM $807.50
Absolute Total Care HIX $857.00
Medcost NEWPAYER $868.87
Vocational Rehab MCR $872.10
Medcost STANDARD $907.63
Select Health HIX $943.00
Humana BH COMM $1,049.75
First Health PPO $1,178.95
Humana Choicecare PPO $1,211.25
Evernorth BHCOMM $1,292.00
Prime Health COMM $1,372.75
Multiplan COMM $1,372.75
United AllPayerAppendix $1,437.00
NovaNet COMM $1,453.50
Aetna SC SI $1,491.00
BCBS COMM $1,534.25
HUMANA MCR $3,615.00

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ER Visit (level 2) at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital GREER $513.50 $39.43 – $744.74
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $278.04 – $399.09

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