Venogram ext bil 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.

$112.48 with Select Health vs $7,843.20 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
Aetna SC NB $125.02
Aetna SC AFA $125.02
Aetna SC FI $167.69
United MCD $168.00
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $168.00
Aetna SC SI $182.58
SC State Employees COMM $659.42
BCBS PBHIX $975.11
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $975.11
Absolute Total Care HIX $1,205.38
Absolute Total Care MCD $1,486.08
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,568.64
Pruitt Health MCR $1,568.64
BCBS PreferredBlue $1,868.40
BCBS BlueChoice $1,868.40
Medcost NEWULTRA $3,153.79
United AllPayerAppendix $3,163.82
United OptionsPPO $3,302.40
United GlobalBenefit $3,715.20
Employers Health Network COMM $3,715.20
OccuNet COMM $4,128.00
Medcost NEWPAYER $4,441.73
Vocational Rehab MCR $4,458.24
Medcost STANDARD $4,639.87
Humana BH COMM $5,366.40
First Health PPO $6,026.88
Humana Choicecare PPO $6,192.00
MHNet COMM $6,192.00
Evernorth BHCOMM $6,604.80
Prime Health COMM $7,017.60
Multiplan COMM $7,017.60
NovaNet COMM $7,430.40
BCBS COMM $7,843.20

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Venogram ext bil s&i at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $3,220.50 $549.52 – $1,610.50
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $1,744.50 $211.93 – $1,673.76
St Francis Downtown Greenville $1,594.80 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $933.00 $211.93 – $1,673.76
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $1,797.50 $1,464.09 – $1,610.50
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $1,797.50 $415.12 – $1,610.50
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $1,084.00 $521.70 – $1,610.50
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $2,672.50 $549.52 – $1,682.67

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