Hc fl sm bowel enteroclss tube w kub double contrast 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

$2,304.00

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.

$2,304.00

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.

$84.38 with BLUE CHOICE vs $2,188.80 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
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $84.38 ↓ -96%
United MCD $84.38 ↓ -96%
Aetna SC AFA $112.91 ↓ -95%
Aetna SC NB $112.91 ↓ -95%
Aetna SC FI $151.44 ↓ -93%
Aetna SC SI $164.89 ↓ -93%
SC State Employees COMM $174.93 ↓ -92%
Absolute Total Care HIX $311.54 ↓ -86%
BCBS PBHIX $354.65 ↓ -85%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $354.65 ↓ -85%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -83%
Absolute Total Care MCD $414.72 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health MCR $437.76 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $437.76 ↓ -81%
Select Health HIX $526.48 ↓ -77%
BCBS PreferredBlue $679.54 ↓ -71%
BCBS BlueChoice $679.54 ↓ -71%
Medcost NEWULTRA $880.13 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $921.60 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefit $1,036.80 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,036.80 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $1,152.00 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $1,239.55 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $1,244.16 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $1,294.85 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $1,497.60 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $1,681.92 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare PPO $1,728.00 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $1,728.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $1,843.20 ↓ -20%
Prime Health COMM $1,958.40 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $1,958.40 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $2,073.60 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $2,188.80 ↓ -5%

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