Knee X-ray (standing, both knees) 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 Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$794.00

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.

$794.00

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.

$17.56 with Aetna SC vs $754.30 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
Aetna SC AFA $17.56 ↓ -98%
Aetna SC NB $17.56 ↓ -98%
Aetna SC FI $23.78 ↓ -97%
Aetna SC SI $25.89 ↓ -97%
United MCD $31.95 ↓ -96%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $31.95 ↓ -96%
Select Health HIX $54.90 ↓ -93%
SC State Employees COMM $58.12 ↓ -93%
Absolute Total Care HIX $115.92 ↓ -85%
BCBS PBHIX $117.81 ↓ -85%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $117.81 ↓ -85%
CIGNA IFP $129.42 ↓ -84%
Absolute Total Care MCD $142.92 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health MCR $150.86 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $150.86 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -77%
CIGNA NewBusiness $188.97 ↓ -76%
BCBS BlueChoice $224.66 ↓ -72%
BCBS PreferredBlue $224.66 ↓ -72%
CIGNA HMO $251.70 ↓ -68%
CIGNA PPO $282.66 ↓ -64%
Medcost NEWULTRA $303.31 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $317.60 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefit $357.30 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $357.30 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $397.00 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $427.17 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $428.76 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $446.23 ↓ -44%
First Health PPO $579.62 ↓ -27%
MHNet COMM $595.50 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $635.20 ↓ -20%
Prime Health COMM $674.90 ↓ -15%
MultiPlan COMM $674.90 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $714.60 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $754.30 ↓ -5%

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Knee X-ray (standing, both knees) at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $244.00 $48.44 – $89.03
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $239.50 $36.38 – $92.53
St Francis Downtown Greenville $329.40 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $101.00 $48.44 – $92.53
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $130.50 $80.94 – $89.03
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $130.50 $36.15 – $89.03
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $158.00 $45.42 – $89.03
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $484.00 $48.44 – $93.02

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