Abdominal MRI (with and without contrast) at CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus

14720 HANCOCK VILLAGE ST, CHESTERFIELD, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1598708513

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$7,824.00

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$7,824.00

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.

$311.79 with Anthem vs $7,041.60 with Multiplan — 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
Anthem HIX $311.79 ↓ -96%
Anthem HPN $395.69 ↓ -95%
Anthem PPO $428.98 ↓ -95%
Anthem HMO $428.98 ↓ -95%
UNITED AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -89%
UNITED NavigateCorePayer $828.27 ↓ -89%
UNITED NewBusiness $828.27 ↓ -89%
UNITED SmallBusiness $828.27 ↓ -89%
Aetna SharedSavings $1,387.00 ↓ -82%
Lifeworks MCR $1,486.56 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $1,627.39 ↓ -79%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $1,721.28 ↓ -78%
Aetna Broad $1,866.00 ↓ -76%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $2,738.40 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3,520.80 ↓ -55%
Value Options COMM $4,694.40 ↓ -40%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $4,694.40 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network WC $5,085.60 ↓ -35%
Virginia Health Network COMM $5,085.60 ↓ -35%
CorVel WorkersComp $5,633.28 ↓ -28%
Evernorth COMM $6,259.20 ↓ -20%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $6,259.20 ↓ -20%
4Most Health Nework COMM $7,041.60 ↓ -10%
Multiplan PHCS $7,041.60 ↓ -10%
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital
Optima Health POS not published by hospital
Optima Health PPO not published by hospital

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Abdominal MRI (with and without contrast) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $17,073.00 $523.49 – $828.27
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,421.00 $357.13 – $3,973.50
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,421.00 $357.13 – $3,973.50
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,421.00 $357.13 – $3,973.50
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,421.00 $357.13 – $3,973.50
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,421.00 $357.13 – $3,973.50
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $7,858.00 $428.36 – $828.27
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $13,505.00 $353.94 – $828.27

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