Pelvic Ultrasound (complete) 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.

$66.61 with Aetna SC vs $2,492.80 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 $66.61
Aetna SC NB $66.61
Aetna SC FI $89.35
Aetna SC SI $97.28
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $98.88
United MCD $98.88
Select Health HIX $125.60
SC State Employees COMM $150.05
Absolute Total Care HIX $186.09
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS PBHIX $245.41
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $245.41
BCBS BlueChoice $470.26
BCBS PreferredBlue $470.26
Absolute Total Care MCD $472.32
Pruitt Health MCR $498.56
NHC Advantage MGMCR $498.56
Medcost NEWULTRA $1,002.37
United OptionsPPO $1,049.60
United GlobalBenefit $1,180.80
Employers Health Network COMM $1,180.80
OccuNet COMM $1,312.00
Medcost NEWPAYER $1,411.71
Vocational Rehab MCR $1,416.96
Medcost STANDARD $1,474.69
Humana BH COMM $1,705.60
First Health PPO $1,915.52
MHNet COMM $1,968.00
Humana Choicecare PPO $1,968.00
Evernorth BHCOMM $2,099.20
Multiplan COMM $2,230.40
Prime Health COMM $2,230.40
NovaNet COMM $2,361.60
BCBS COMM $2,492.80

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Pelvic Ultrasound (complete) at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $66.61 – $245.41

All South-carolina hospitals for this procedure →