Prealbumin 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

$217.00

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.

$217.00

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.

$12.45 with Humana vs $206.15 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
Humana Tricare $12.45 ↓ -94%
Advantage Hospice MCR $14.59 ↓ -93%
Companion MCR $14.59 ↓ -93%
Odyssey Hospice MCR $14.59 ↓ -93%
Humana BH MCR $14.59 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health MEDICARE $14.59 ↓ -93%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $14.59 ↓ -93%
Agape Hospice MCD $14.59 ↓ -93%
Agape Hospice MCR $14.59 ↓ -93%
Arcadian MCR $14.59 ↓ -93%
HUMANA MCR $14.59 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.59 ↓ -93%
United VACCN $14.59 ↓ -93%
Advantage Hospice MCD $14.59 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.59 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $14.74 ↓ -93%
WellCare MCRHMO $14.88 ↓ -93%
United MCR $14.88 ↓ -93%
Molina MCRMMP $14.88 ↓ -93%
Absolute Total Care MCR $14.88 ↓ -93%
WellCare PPO $14.88 ↓ -93%
WellCare SNP $14.88 ↓ -93%
WellCare POS $14.88 ↓ -93%
WellCare PFFS $14.88 ↓ -93%
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $15.03 ↓ -93%
Clover MCR $15.32 ↓ -93%
Eon Health MCR $15.32 ↓ -93%
Cigna MCR $15.76 ↓ -93%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $17.51 ↓ -92%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $18.80 ↓ -91%
United MCD $18.80 ↓ -91%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $19.89 ↓ -91%
BCBS PBHIX $19.89 ↓ -91%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $20.02 ↓ -91%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $20.02 ↓ -91%
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $20.02 ↓ -91%
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $21.45 ↓ -90%
Aetna SC NB $21.92 ↓ -90%
Aetna SC AFA $21.92 ↓ -90%
Absolute Total Care HIX $25.53 ↓ -88%
Seven Corners COMM $25.53 ↓ -88%
Select Health HIX $28.30 ↓ -87%
Aetna SC FI $29.41 ↓ -86%
NaphCare PRISN $30.64 ↓ -86%
Aetna SC SI $38.23 ↓ -82%
SC State Employees COMM $38.59 ↓ -82%
Absolute Total Care MCD $39.06 ↓ -82%
BCBS PreferredBlue $39.28 ↓ -82%
BCBS BlueChoice $39.28 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $41.23 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health MCR $41.23 ↓ -81%
Molina HIX $43.77 ↓ -80%
Medcost NEWULTRA $82.89 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $86.80 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefit $97.65 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $97.65 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $108.50 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $116.75 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $117.18 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $121.95 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $141.05 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $158.41 ↓ -27%
MHNet COMM $162.75 ↓ -25%
Humana Choicecare PPO $162.75 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $173.60 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMM $184.45 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMM $184.45 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $195.30 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $206.15 ↓ -5%

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