Test for porphobilinogen 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.

$4.97 with Humana vs $24.50 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 $4.97
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $5.52
United MCD $5.52
Agape Hospice MCD $5.82
Devoted Health MEDICARE $5.82
Humana BH MCR $5.82
United VACCN $5.82
United AllPayerAppendix $5.82
HUMANA MCR $5.82
Companion MCR $5.82
BCBS MCRPPO $5.82
Advantage Hospice MCD $5.82
Advantage Hospice MCR $5.82
Arcadian MCR $5.82
Agape Hospice MCR $5.82
United Behavioral Health VACCN $5.82
Odyssey Hospice MCR $5.82
Aetna MCR $5.88
WellCare MCRHMO $5.94
WellCare PFFS $5.94
WellCare PPO $5.94
Absolute Total Care MCR $5.94
WellCare SNP $5.94
United MCR $5.94
Molina MCRMMP $5.94
WellCare POS $5.94
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $5.99
Eon Health MCR $6.11
Clover MCR $6.11
Cigna MCR $6.29
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.98
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $7.99
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $7.99
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.99
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $8.56
Aetna SC AFA $8.74
Aetna SC NB $8.74
Seven Corners COMM $10.19
Absolute Total Care HIX $10.19
Select Health HIX $11.29
SC State Employees COMM $11.66
Aetna SC FI $11.73
NaphCare PRISN $12.22
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $12.42
BCBS PBHIX $12.42
Aetna SC SI $15.25
Molina HIX $17.46
BCBS PreferredBlue $24.50
BCBS BlueChoice $24.50

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Test for porphobilinogen at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER not published $4.97 – $12.42
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence not published $2.45 – $6.40
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden not published $5.82 – $6.40
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester not published $2.45 – $6.40
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg not published $5.82 – $6.40
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston not published $5.82 – $7.05
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades not published $2.45 – $8.86
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster not published $5.82 – $7.36

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