Thyroxine binding globulin (tbg) 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

$298.00

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.

$298.00

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.

$12.61 with Humana vs $283.10 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 $12.61 ↓ -96%
Agape Hospice MCD $14.78 ↓ -95%
Agape Hospice MCR $14.78 ↓ -95%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $14.78 ↓ -95%
Odyssey Hospice MCR $14.78 ↓ -95%
Humana BH MCR $14.78 ↓ -95%
United VACCN $14.78 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.78 ↓ -95%
HUMANA MCR $14.78 ↓ -95%
Companion MCR $14.78 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.78 ↓ -95%
Advantage Hospice MCD $14.78 ↓ -95%
Advantage Hospice MCR $14.78 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MEDICARE $14.78 ↓ -95%
Arcadian MCR $14.78 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $14.93 ↓ -95%
Molina MCRMMP $15.08 ↓ -95%
United MCR $15.08 ↓ -95%
WellCare PPO $15.08 ↓ -95%
WellCare SNP $15.08 ↓ -95%
WellCare POS $15.08 ↓ -95%
WellCare MCRHMO $15.08 ↓ -95%
WellCare PFFS $15.08 ↓ -95%
Absolute Total Care MCR $15.08 ↓ -95%
BoldAge PACE MGMCR $15.22 ↓ -95%
Eon Health MCR $15.52 ↓ -95%
Clover MCR $15.52 ↓ -95%
Cigna MCR $15.96 ↓ -95%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $16.43 ↓ -94%
United MCD $16.43 ↓ -94%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $17.74 ↓ -94%
Employer's Health Network WCOMP $20.28 ↓ -93%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $20.28 ↓ -93%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $20.28 ↓ -93%
Heritage Summit WorkersComp $21.73 ↓ -93%
Aetna SC NB $22.21 ↓ -93%
Aetna SC AFA $22.21 ↓ -93%
Seven Corners COMM $25.86 ↓ -91%
Absolute Total Care HIX $25.86 ↓ -91%
Select Health HIX $28.67 ↓ -90%
Aetna SC FI $29.79 ↓ -90%
NaphCare PRISN $31.04 ↓ -90%
Aetna SC SI $38.73 ↓ -87%
Molina HIX $44.34 ↓ -85%
Absolute Total Care MCD $53.64 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $56.62 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health MCR $56.62 ↓ -81%
SC State Employees COMM $75.55 ↓ -75%
Medcost NEWULTRA $113.84 ↓ -62%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $114.56 ↓ -62%
BCBS PBHIX $114.56 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $119.20 ↓ -60%
Employers Health Network COMM $134.10 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefit $134.10 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $149.00 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $160.32 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $160.92 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $167.48 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $193.70 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $217.54 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare PPO $223.50 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $223.50 ↓ -25%
BCBS PreferredBlue $226.09 ↓ -24%
BCBS BlueChoice $226.09 ↓ -24%
Evernorth BHCOMM $238.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMM $253.30 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMM $253.30 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $268.20 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $283.10 ↓ -5%

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Thyroxine binding globulin (tbg) at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER $298.00 $12.61 – $114.56
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $113.00 $8.47 – $16.26
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $95.50 $14.78 – $16.26
St Francis Downtown Greenville $141.60 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $141.60 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $137.50 $8.46 – $16.26
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $126.50 $14.78 – $16.26
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $126.50 $14.78 – $47.36

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