Parathyroid planar img w/tomo spect 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.

$113.10 with Aetna SC vs $1,797.41 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 NB $113.10
Aetna SC AFA $113.10
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $117.68
United MCD $117.68
Aetna SC FI $151.70
Aetna SC SI $165.16
Absolute Total Care HIX $216.96
Absolute Total Care MCD $267.48
Pruitt Health MCR $282.34
NHC Advantage MGMCR $282.34
Select Health HIX $454.68
Medcost NEWULTRA $567.65
United OptionsPPO $594.40
United GlobalBenefit $668.70
Employers Health Network COMM $668.70
OccuNet COMM $743.00
SC State Employees COMM $766.54
Medcost NEWPAYER $799.47
Vocational Rehab MCR $802.44
Medcost STANDARD $835.13
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52
BCBS PBHIX $938.04
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $938.04
Humana BH COMM $965.90
First Health PPO $1,084.78
Humana Choicecare PPO $1,114.50
MHNet COMM $1,114.50
Evernorth BHCOMM $1,188.80
Prime Health COMM $1,263.10
Multiplan COMM $1,263.10
NovaNet COMM $1,337.40
BCBS COMM $1,411.70
BCBS BlueChoice $1,797.41
BCBS PreferredBlue $1,797.41

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Parathyroid planar img w/tomo spect at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $113.10 – $938.04

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