X-ray ribs 2 views left 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.

$21.75 with Aetna SC vs $729.60 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 $21.75
Aetna SC AFA $21.75
Aetna SC FI $29.17
Aetna SC SI $31.76
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $36.91
United MCD $36.91
Select Health HIX $45.20
SC State Employees COMM $66.42
Absolute Total Care HIX $112.13
BCBS PBHIX $112.74
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $112.74
Absolute Total Care MCD $138.24
NHC Advantage MGMCR $145.92
Pruitt Health MCR $145.92
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
BCBS PreferredBlue $216.02
BCBS BlueChoice $216.02
Medcost NEWULTRA $293.38
United OptionsPPO $307.20
Employers Health Network COMM $345.60
United GlobalBenefit $345.60
OccuNet COMM $384.00
Medcost NEWPAYER $413.18
Vocational Rehab MCR $414.72
Medcost STANDARD $431.62
Humana BH COMM $499.20
First Health PPO $560.64
Humana Choicecare PPO $576.00
MHNet COMM $576.00
Evernorth BHCOMM $614.40
Prime Health COMM $652.80
Multiplan COMM $652.80
NovaNet COMM $691.20
BCBS COMM $729.60

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X-ray ribs 2 views left at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $265.00 $55.35 – $89.03
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $262.00 $41.55 – $92.53
St Francis Downtown Greenville $292.80 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $292.80 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $272.00 $55.35 – $92.53
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $142.00 $80.94 – $89.03
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $142.00 $41.29 – $89.03
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $171.50 $51.88 – $89.03

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