X-ray sinus tract/fistula/abscess 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

$1,393.00

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.

$1,393.00

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.

$50.30 with Aetna SC vs $1,323.35 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 $50.30 ↓ -96%
Aetna SC AFA $50.30 ↓ -96%
Select Health HIX $60.61 ↓ -96%
Aetna SC FI $67.47 ↓ -95%
United MCD $68.21 ↓ -95%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $68.21 ↓ -95%
Aetna SC SI $73.46 ↓ -95%
Absolute Total Care HIX $203.38 ↓ -85%
SC State Employees COMM $220.63 ↓ -84%
Absolute Total Care MCD $250.74 ↓ -82%
BCBS PBHIX $262.37 ↓ -81%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $262.37 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $264.67 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health MCR $264.67 ↓ -81%
BCBS BlueChoice $502.72 ↓ -64%
BCBS PreferredBlue $502.72 ↓ -64%
Medcost NEWULTRA $532.13 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $557.20 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefit $626.85 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $626.85 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $696.50 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $749.43 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $752.22 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $782.87 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $905.45 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $1,016.89 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare PPO $1,044.75 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $1,044.75 ↓ -25%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,086.50 ↓ -22%
Evernorth BHCOMM $1,114.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMM $1,184.05 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMM $1,184.05 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $1,253.70 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $1,323.35 ↓ -5%

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X-ray sinus tract/fistula/abscess at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER $1,393.00 $50.30 – $959.52
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $863.50 $183.86 – $559.03
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $506.00 $114.54 – $580.99
St Francis Downtown Greenville $494.40 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $494.40 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $591.00 $114.54 – $580.99
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $398.00 $508.21 – $559.03
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $398.00 $138.39 – $559.03

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