Surgical pathology level 5 gross & microscopic examination at LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS
3445 Ingleside Blvd, Ladson, SC · HCA Trident Health System · · NPI 1124443478
$662.00
Cash price 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.
$662.00
Gross charge 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.
$40.90 with BLUE CHOICE vs $628.90 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BLUE CHOICE | MGMCD | $40.90 | ↓ -94% |
| United | MCD | $40.90 | ↓ -94% |
| Absolute Total Care | HIX | $96.65 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Choice Health Plan | HIX | $117.18 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | PBHIX | $117.18 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna SC | NB | $117.62 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna SC | AFA | $117.62 | ↓ -82% |
| Absolute Total Care | MCD | $119.16 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina | HIX | $119.16 | ↓ -82% |
| Pruitt Health | MCR | $125.78 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $125.78 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna SC | FI | $157.80 | ↓ -76% |
| SC State Employees | COMM | $168.37 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna SC | SI | $205.13 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | BlueChoice | $231.29 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | PreferredBlue | $231.29 | ↓ -65% |
| Medcost | NEWULTRA | $252.88 | ↓ -62% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $264.80 | ↓ -60% |
| Select Health | HIX | $284.66 | ↓ -57% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $291.26 | ↓ -56% |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $297.90 | ↓ -55% |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $297.90 | ↓ -55% |
| OccuNet | COMM | $331.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Medcost | NEWPAYER | $356.16 | ↓ -46% |
| Vocational Rehab | MCR | $357.48 | ↓ -46% |
| Medcost | STANDARD | $372.04 | ↓ -44% |
| Humana BH | COMM | $430.30 | ↓ -35% |
| First Health | PPO | $483.26 | ↓ -27% |
| MHNet | COMM | $496.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Humana Choicecare | PPO | $496.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth | BHCOMM | $529.60 | ↓ -20% |
| Prime Health | COMM | $562.70 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMM | $562.70 | ↓ -15% |
| NovaNet | COMM | $595.80 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS | COMM | $628.90 | ↓ -5% |
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Surgical pathology level 5 gross & microscopic examination at other South-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER | MONCKS CORNER | $662.00 | $40.90 – $168.37 |
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | $261.00 | $25.82 – $366.72 |
| MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center | Camden | $368.00 | $85.37 – $381.13 |
| St Francis Downtown | Greenville | $414.60 | not published |
| St Francis Eastside | Greenville | $414.60 | not published |
| MUSC Health Chester Medical Center | Chester | $246.50 | $87.96 – $381.13 |
| MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center | Orangeburg | $341.00 | $333.38 – $366.72 |
| MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston | Charleston | $341.00 | $84.83 – $366.72 |