Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg intravenous solution 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.

$0.24 with Humana vs $2.75 with United Behavioral Health — 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 $0.24
Aetna MCR $0.41
United AllPayerAppendix $0.43
Molina HIX $0.49
Aetna SC NB $0.59
Aetna SC AFA $0.59
Aetna SC FI $0.79
Medcost NEWULTRA $1.05
United OptionsPPO $1.10
Employers Health Network COMM $1.24
United GlobalBenefit $1.24
Aetna SC SI $1.30
Medcost NEWPAYER $1.48
Vocational Rehab MCR $1.49
Medcost STANDARD $1.55
Humana BH COMM $1.79
First Health PPO $2.01
Humana Choicecare PPO $2.06
Evernorth BHCOMM $2.20
Prime Health COMM $2.34
Multiplan COMM $2.34
NovaNet COMM $2.48
BCBS COMM $2.61
United Behavioral Health VACCN $2.75

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Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg intravenous solution at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital GREER $257.27 $2.81 – $39.80
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $0.24 – $0.43

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