Radiation treatment aid(s) 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

$3,748.00

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.

$3,748.00

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.

$112.48 with Select Health vs $3,560.60 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 $112.48 ↓ -97%
Aetna SC NB $121.30 ↓ -97%
Aetna SC AFA $121.30 ↓ -97%
Aetna SC FI $162.70 ↓ -96%
Aetna SC SI $177.15 ↓ -95%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $210.38 ↓ -94%
United MCD $210.38 ↓ -94%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $436.38 ↓ -88%
BCBS PBHIX $436.38 ↓ -88%
Absolute Total Care HIX $547.21 ↓ -85%
SC State Employees COMM $584.88 ↓ -84%
Molina HIX $674.64 ↓ -82%
BCBS BlueChoice $836.17 ↓ -78%
BCBS PreferredBlue $836.17 ↓ -78%
Medcost NEWULTRA $1,431.74 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $1,499.20 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefit $1,686.60 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,686.60 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $1,874.00 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $2,016.42 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $2,023.92 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $2,106.38 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $2,436.20 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $2,736.04 ↓ -27%
MHNet COMM $2,811.00 ↓ -25%
Humana Choicecare PPO $2,811.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $2,998.40 ↓ -20%
Prime Health COMM $3,185.80 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $3,185.80 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $3,373.20 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $3,560.60 ↓ -5%

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Radiation treatment aid(s) at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital GREER $1,014.00 $61.08 – $1,840.73
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER $3,748.00 $112.48 – $640.62

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