Abdominal X-ray (single view) at LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY
1145 W Main St, CHRISTIANSBURG, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1275570376
$1,147.00
Cash price 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.
$1,147.00
Gross charge 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.
$36.90 with Anthem vs $1,032.30 with American Postal Workers Union — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthem | HIX | $36.90 | ↓ -97% |
| Anthem | PPO | $41.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Anthem | HMO | $41.00 | ↓ -96% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | NPR | $199.58 | ↓ -83% |
| Lifeworks | MCR | $217.93 | ↓ -81% |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $252.34 | ↓ -78% |
| Virginia Health Network | ULTRA | $401.45 | ↓ -65% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $443.89 | ↓ -61% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $516.15 | ↓ -55% |
| Greenvbrier Sporting Club | COMM | $688.20 | ↓ -40% |
| Multiplan | PHCS | $768.49 | ↓ -33% |
| Virginia Health Network | COMM | $814.37 | ↓ -29% |
| Virginia Health Network | WC | $814.37 | ↓ -29% |
| CorVel | WorkersComp | $825.84 | ↓ -28% |
| Richfield Retirement Community | COMM | $860.25 | ↓ -25% |
| Richfield Nursing Center | COMM | $860.25 | ↓ -25% |
| One Health Plan | POS | $917.60 | ↓ -20% |
| Community Care Network | COMM | $917.60 | ↓ -20% |
| Graham-White Manufacturing | COMM | $917.60 | ↓ -20% |
| OccuNet Workers Comp | WorkersComp | $917.60 | ↓ -20% |
| One Health Plan | PPO | $917.60 | ↓ -20% |
| PHCS | COMM | $974.95 | ↓ -15% |
| Patients Choice | COMM | $1,009.36 | ↓ -12% |
| Star Transportation | COMM | $1,032.30 | ↓ -10% |
| 4Most | COMM | $1,032.30 | ↓ -10% |
| American Postal Workers Union | COMM | $1,032.30 | ↓ -10% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Abdominal X-ray (single view) at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $256.00 | $80.04 – $337.41 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $256.00 | $80.04 – $337.41 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $256.00 | $80.04 – $337.41 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $256.00 | $80.04 – $337.41 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $256.00 | $80.04 – $337.41 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $65.85 | $15.46 – $185.10 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $65.85 | $40.47 – $185.10 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $190.50 | $86.61 – $89.15 |