X-ray abdomen complete acute series including spine erect and/or decubitus single view chest 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

$2,547.00

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.

$2,547.00

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.

$31.22 with Aetna SC vs $2,419.65 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 AFA $31.22 ↓ -99%
Aetna SC NB $31.22 ↓ -99%
Aetna SC FI $41.87 ↓ -98%
Aetna SC SI $45.59 ↓ -98%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $47.80 ↓ -98%
United MCD $47.80 ↓ -98%
Select Health HIX $60.02 ↓ -98%
SC State Employees COMM $101.16 ↓ -96%
Absolute Total Care HIX $186.09 ↓ -93%
BCBS PBHIX $191.85 ↓ -92%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $191.85 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueChoice $367.61 ↓ -86%
BCBS PreferredBlue $367.61 ↓ -86%
Absolute Total Care MCD $458.46 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health MCR $483.93 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $483.93 ↓ -81%
Medcost NEWULTRA $972.95 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $1,018.80 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefit $1,146.15 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,146.15 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $1,273.50 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $1,370.29 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $1,375.38 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $1,431.41 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $1,655.55 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $1,859.31 ↓ -27%
MHNet COMM $1,910.25 ↓ -25%
Humana Choicecare PPO $1,910.25 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $2,037.60 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMM $2,164.95 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMM $2,164.95 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $2,292.30 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $2,419.65 ↓ -5%

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X-ray abdomen complete acute series including spine erect and/or decubitus single view chest at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER $2,547.00 $31.22 – $191.85
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $819.00 $84.30 – $106.96
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $415.50 $63.17 – $111.16
St Francis Downtown Greenville $573.60 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $573.60 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $458.00 $84.30 – $111.16
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $374.00 $97.24 – $106.96
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $374.00 $62.77 – $106.96

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