Renal cyst study s&i 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.

$50.94 with Aetna SC vs $3,423.80 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 NB $50.94
Aetna SC AFA $50.94
Aetna SC FI $68.33
Aetna SC SI $74.40
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $83.37
United MCD $83.37
SC State Employees COMM $209.56
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $262.37
BCBS PBHIX $262.37
BCBS BlueChoice $502.72
BCBS PreferredBlue $502.72
Absolute Total Care HIX $526.18
Absolute Total Care MCD $648.72
Pruitt Health MCR $684.76
NHC Advantage MGMCR $684.76
United AllPayerAppendix $1,086.50
Medcost NEWULTRA $1,376.73
United OptionsPPO $1,441.60
Select Health HIX $1,549.72
United GlobalBenefit $1,621.80
Employers Health Network COMM $1,621.80
OccuNet COMM $1,802.00
Medcost NEWPAYER $1,938.95
Vocational Rehab MCR $1,946.16
Medcost STANDARD $2,025.45
Humana BH COMM $2,342.60
First Health PPO $2,630.92
Humana Choicecare PPO $2,703.00
MHNet COMM $2,703.00
Evernorth BHCOMM $2,883.20
Prime Health COMM $3,063.40
Multiplan COMM $3,063.40
NovaNet COMM $3,243.60
BCBS COMM $3,423.80

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $50.94 – $959.52

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