X-ray skull > 4 views complete 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

$1,506.00

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.

$1,506.00

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 $1,430.70 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 $27.24 ↓ -98%
Aetna SC AFA $27.24 ↓ -98%
Aetna SC FI $36.53 ↓ -98%
Aetna SC SI $39.78 ↓ -97%
Select Health HIX $53.76 ↓ -96%
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $58.01 ↓ -96%
United MCD $58.01 ↓ -96%
SC State Employees COMM $100.26 ↓ -93%
Absolute Total Care HIX $186.09 ↓ -88%
BCBS PBHIX $191.85 ↓ -87%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $191.85 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -84%
Absolute Total Care MCD $271.08 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $286.14 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health MCR $286.14 ↓ -81%
BCBS BlueChoice $367.61 ↓ -76%
BCBS PreferredBlue $367.61 ↓ -76%
Medcost NEWULTRA $575.29 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $602.40 ↓ -60%
Employers Health Network COMM $677.70 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefit $677.70 ↓ -55%
OccuNet COMM $753.00 ↓ -50%
Medcost NEWPAYER $810.23 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $813.24 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $846.37 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $978.90 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $1,099.38 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare PPO $1,129.50 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $1,129.50 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $1,204.80 ↓ -20%
Prime Health COMM $1,280.10 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $1,280.10 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $1,355.40 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $1,430.70 ↓ -5%

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X-ray skull > 4 views complete at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER MONCKS CORNER $1,506.00 $27.24 – $191.85
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $496.50 $83.55 – $106.96
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $165.50 $62.92 – $111.16
St Francis Downtown Greenville $670.20 not published
St Francis Eastside Greenville $670.20 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $292.50 $83.55 – $111.16
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $182.50 $97.24 – $106.96
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $182.50 $62.51 – $106.96

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