Artificial larynx at LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY

1145 W Main St, CHRISTIANSBURG, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1275570376

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 7, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,891.00

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.

$1,891.00

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.

$329.03 with Cigna vs $1,701.90 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.

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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
Cigna NPR $329.03 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $731.82 ↓ -61%
Cigna HMO $786.66 ↓ -58%
Cigna PPO $786.66 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $850.95 ↓ -55%
TriAtlantic TRICR $915.68 ↓ -52%
Health Net TRICR $969.54 ↓ -49%
Humana Military TRCR $1,044.95 ↓ -45%
United VACCN $1,077.27 ↓ -43%
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $1,077.27 ↓ -43%
Humana MCR $1,077.27 ↓ -43%
Devoted MCR $1,077.27 ↓ -43%
United Mine Workers MCR $1,077.27 ↓ -43%
Sentara Health MCR $1,077.27 ↓ -43%
United MGMCR $1,082.66 ↓ -43%
Aetna MGMCR $1,089.55 ↓ -42%
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $1,098.82 ↓ -42%
Anthem MGMCR $1,109.59 ↓ -41%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $1,120.36 ↓ -41%
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $1,131.13 ↓ -40%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $1,134.60 ↓ -40%
Pyramid Life MGMCR $1,152.68 ↓ -39%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $1,152.68 ↓ -39%
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $1,418.25 ↓ -25%
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $1,418.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCS $1,456.07 ↓ -23%
One Health Plan PPO $1,512.80 ↓ -20%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $1,512.80 ↓ -20%
Community Care Network COMM $1,512.80 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan POS $1,512.80 ↓ -20%
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $1,512.80 ↓ -20%
PHCS COMM $1,607.35 ↓ -15%
Patients Choice COMM $1,664.08 ↓ -12%
Star Transportation COMM $1,701.90 ↓ -10%
4Most COMM $1,701.90 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $1,701.90 ↓ -10%

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Artificial larynx at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $915.68 – $1,454.31
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE not published $915.68 – $1,152.68
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL not published $915.68 – $1,454.31
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA not published $1,044.95 – $1,152.68
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg not published $1,044.95 – $1,152.68
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles not published $807.95 – $1,152.68
HENRICO DOCTORS HOSPITAL RICHMOND not published $915.68 – $1,152.68

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