X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 1 view 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.

$25.21 with Aetna SC vs $1,286.30 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 $25.21
Aetna SC AFA $25.21
Aetna SC FI $33.81
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $33.98
United MCD $33.98
Aetna SC SI $36.82
Select Health HIX $52.05
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $112.74
BCBS PBHIX $112.74
SC State Employees COMM $121.85
Absolute Total Care HIX $154.09
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
BCBS BlueChoice $225.21
BCBS PreferredBlue $225.21
Absolute Total Care MCD $243.72
Pruitt Health MCR $257.26
NHC Advantage MGMCR $257.26
Medcost NEWULTRA $517.23
United OptionsPPO $541.60
United GlobalBenefit $609.30
Employers Health Network COMM $609.30
OccuNet COMM $677.00
Medcost NEWPAYER $728.45
Vocational Rehab MCR $731.16
Medcost STANDARD $760.95
Humana BH COMM $880.10
First Health PPO $988.42
MHNet COMM $1,015.50
Humana Choicecare PPO $1,015.50
Evernorth BHCOMM $1,083.20
Multiplan COMM $1,150.90
Prime Health COMM $1,150.90
NovaNet COMM $1,218.60
BCBS COMM $1,286.30

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X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 1 view at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence $1,519.50 $80.94 – $89.03
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden $337.50 $61.67 – $92.53
St Francis Downtown Greenville $162.00 not published
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester $208.00 $84.12 – $92.53
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg $155.00 $80.94 – $89.03
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston $155.00 $61.28 – $89.03
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades $187.50 $74.77 – $89.03
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster $347.00 $84.15 – $93.02

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