Oth resp proc, group 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.

$41.90 with Absolute Total Care vs $272.65 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
Absolute Total Care HIX $41.90
Molina HIX $51.66
Absolute Total Care MCD $51.66
BCBS PBHIX $52.96
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $52.96
NHC Advantage MGMCR $54.53
Pruitt Health MCR $54.53
Aetna SC NB $61.13
Aetna SC AFA $61.13
Aetna SC FI $82.08
SC State Employees COMM $85.29
BCBS PreferredBlue $104.55
BCBS BlueChoice $104.55
Medcost NEWULTRA $109.63
United OptionsPPO $114.80
Select Health HIX $123.41
Employers Health Network COMM $129.15
United GlobalBenefit $129.15
Aetna SC SI $135.75
OccuNet COMM $143.50
Medcost NEWPAYER $154.41
Vocational Rehab MCR $154.98
Medcost STANDARD $161.29
Humana BH COMM $186.55
First Health PPO $209.51
Humana Choicecare PPO $215.25
MHNet COMM $215.25
Evernorth BHCOMM $229.60
Multiplan COMM $243.95
Prime Health COMM $243.95
NovaNet COMM $258.30
BCBS COMM $272.65

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