X-ray hand 2 views (both sides) 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.

$16.24 with Aetna SC vs $779.00 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 $16.24
Aetna SC AFA $16.24
Aetna SC FI $21.79
Aetna SC SI $23.72
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $31.95
United MCD $31.95
Select Health HIX $40.64
SC State Employees COMM $58.12
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $112.74
BCBS PBHIX $112.74
Absolute Total Care HIX $119.72
Absolute Total Care MCD $147.60
NHC Advantage MGMCR $155.80
Pruitt Health MCR $155.80
BCBS PreferredBlue $216.02
BCBS BlueChoice $216.02
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Medcost NEWULTRA $313.24
United OptionsPPO $328.00
Employers Health Network COMM $369.00
United GlobalBenefit $369.00
OccuNet COMM $410.00
Medcost NEWPAYER $441.16
Vocational Rehab MCR $442.80
Medcost STANDARD $460.84
Humana BH COMM $533.00
First Health PPO $598.60
Humana Choicecare PPO $615.00
MHNet COMM $615.00
Evernorth BHCOMM $656.00
Prime Health COMM $697.00
Multiplan COMM $697.00
NovaNet COMM $738.00
BCBS COMM $779.00

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X-ray hand 2 views (both sides) at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $409.00 $48.44 – $106.96
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $239.50 $36.38 – $111.16
St Francis Downtown Greenville $230.40 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $230.40 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $346.00 $48.44 – $111.16
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $134.50 $97.24 – $106.96
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $134.50 $36.15 – $106.96
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $163.00 $45.42 – $106.96

All South-carolina hospitals for this procedure →