Blood draw capillary 36416 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

$154.00

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.

$154.00

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.

$3.14 with United vs $2,550.00 with Lifeworks — 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
United AllPayerAppendix $3.14 ↓ -98%
Anthem HIX $13.36 ↓ -91%
Anthem HMO $14.84 ↓ -90%
Anthem PPO $14.84 ↓ -90%
Aetna MGMCR $23.10 ↓ -85%
Cigna NPR $26.80 ↓ -83%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $33.88 ↓ -78%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $53.90 ↓ -65%
Aetna SharedSavings $55.44 ↓ -64%
United OptionsPPO $59.60 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $69.30 ↓ -55%
Aetna Broad $81.62 ↓ -47%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $92.40 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network WC $109.34 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $109.34 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $110.88 ↓ -28%
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $115.50 ↓ -25%
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $115.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCS $118.58 ↓ -23%
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $123.20 ↓ -20%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $123.20 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan PPO $123.20 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan POS $123.20 ↓ -20%
Community Care Network COMM $123.20 ↓ -20%
PHCS COMM $130.90 ↓ -15%
Patients Choice COMM $135.52 ↓ -12%
Star Transportation COMM $138.60 ↓ -10%
4Most COMM $138.60 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $138.60 ↓ -10%
Lifeworks MCR $2,550.00 ↑ +1556%

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Blood draw capillary 36416 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $12.50 $0.38 – $15.73
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $12.50 $0.38 – $15.73
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $12.50 $0.38 – $15.73
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $12.50 $0.38 – $15.73
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $12.50 $0.38 – $15.73
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $72.00 $1.18 – $14.04
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $48.00 $3.14 – $13.47
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA $94.63 $1.06 – $15.13

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