Neck Soft Tissue CT Scan (without 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 Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$6,036.00

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.

$6,036.00

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.

$160.38 with Select Health vs $5,734.20 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
Select Health HIX $160.38 ↓ -97%
Absolute Total Care HIX $186.09 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -96%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $306.24 ↓ -95%
United MCD $306.24 ↓ -95%
SC State Employees COMM $440.20 ↓ -93%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $510.39 ↓ -92%
BCBS PBHIX $510.39 ↓ -92%
BCBS PreferredBlue $933.61 ↓ -85%
BCBS BlueChoice $933.61 ↓ -85%
CIGNA IFP $983.87 ↓ -84%
Absolute Total Care MCD $1,086.48 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health MCR $1,146.84 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,146.84 ↓ -81%
Aetna SC NB $2,038.00 ↓ -66%
Aetna SC AFA $2,038.00 ↓ -66%
CIGNA PPO $2,148.82 ↓ -64%
Medcost NEWULTRA $2,305.75 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $2,414.40 ↓ -60%
Employers Health Network COMM $2,716.20 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefit $2,716.20 ↓ -55%
Aetna SC FI $2,760.00 ↓ -54%
Medcost NEWPAYER $3,247.37 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $3,259.44 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $3,392.23 ↓ -44%
First Health PPO $4,406.28 ↓ -27%
Aetna SC SI $4,750.00 ↓ -21%
Evernorth BHCOMM $4,828.80 ↓ -20%
MultiPlan COMM $5,130.60 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMM $5,130.60 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $5,432.40 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $5,734.20 ↓ -5%

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Neck Soft Tissue CT Scan (without contrast) at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital GREER $1,546.35 $83.61 – $2,365.00
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $1,567.50 $97.24 – $106.96
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $1,511.50 $101.06 – $111.16
St Francis Downtown Greenville $1,180.20 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $1,180.20 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $565.50 $101.06 – $111.16
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $984.00 $97.24 – $106.96
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $984.00 $97.24 – $227.72

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