Wrist X-ray 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.

$16.96 with Aetna SC vs $880.65 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 $16.96
Aetna SC AFA $16.96
Aetna SC FI $22.74
Aetna SC SI $24.76
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $34.61
United MCD $34.61
Select Health HIX $56.61
SC State Employees COMM $61.81
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $112.74
BCBS PBHIX $112.74
Absolute Total Care HIX $135.34
Absolute Total Care MCD $166.86
NHC Advantage MGMCR $176.13
Pruitt Health MCR $176.13
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
BCBS PreferredBlue $216.02
BCBS BlueChoice $216.02
Medcost NEWULTRA $354.11
United OptionsPPO $370.80
Employers Health Network COMM $417.15
United GlobalBenefit $417.15
OccuNet COMM $463.50
Medcost NEWPAYER $498.73
Vocational Rehab MCR $500.58
Medcost STANDARD $520.97
Humana BH COMM $602.55
First Health PPO $676.71
Humana Choicecare PPO $695.25
MHNet COMM $695.25
Evernorth BHCOMM $741.60
Prime Health COMM $787.95
Multiplan COMM $787.95
NovaNet COMM $834.30
BCBS COMM $880.65

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Wrist X-ray at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital GREER $362.05 $31.45 – $518.01
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $398.50 $51.51 – $89.03
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $283.50 $38.78 – $92.53
St Francis Downtown Greenville $406.20 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $406.20 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $237.00 $51.51 – $92.53
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $159.00 $80.94 – $89.03
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $159.00 $38.53 – $89.03

All South-carolina hospitals for this procedure →