X-ray exam of eye sockets 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

$1,212.00

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.

$1,212.00

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.

$27.24 with Aetna SC vs $1,151.40 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 $27.24 ↓ -98%
Aetna SC NB $27.24 ↓ -98%
Aetna SC FI $36.53 ↓ -97%
Aetna SC SI $39.78 ↓ -97%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $51.10 ↓ -96%
United MCD $51.10 ↓ -96%
Select Health HIX $59.46 ↓ -95%
SC State Employees COMM $89.05 ↓ -93%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $112.74 ↓ -91%
BCBS PBHIX $112.74 ↓ -91%
Absolute Total Care HIX $176.95 ↓ -85%
BCBS BlueChoice $216.02 ↓ -82%
BCBS PreferredBlue $216.02 ↓ -82%
Absolute Total Care MCD $218.16 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $230.28 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health MCR $230.28 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -80%
Medcost NEWULTRA $462.98 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $484.80 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefit $545.40 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $545.40 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $606.00 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $652.06 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $654.48 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $681.14 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $787.80 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $884.76 ↓ -27%
MHNet COMM $909.00 ↓ -25%
Humana Choicecare PPO $909.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $969.60 ↓ -20%
Prime Health COMM $1,030.20 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $1,030.20 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $1,090.80 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $1,151.40 ↓ -5%

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X-ray exam of eye sockets at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER $1,212.00 $27.24 – $186.09
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $439.50 $61.50 – $106.96
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $313.50 $46.26 – $111.16
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $191.50 $61.50 – $111.16
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $147.00 $97.24 – $106.96
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $147.00 $45.96 – $106.96
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $177.50 $57.76 – $106.96
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $1,160.00 $61.50 – $111.75

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