Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service 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

$14.00

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.

$14.00

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.

$2.44 with Cigna vs $14.18 with Anthem — 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 $2.44 ↓ -83%
Lifeworks MCR $2.66 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.00 ↓ -79%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $3.08 ↓ -78%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $4.90 ↓ -65%
Aetna SharedSavings $5.04 ↓ -64%
United OptionsPPO $5.42 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $6.30 ↓ -55%
Aetna Broad $7.42 ↓ -47%
TriAtlantic TRICR $7.73 ↓ -45%
Health Net TRICR $8.18 ↓ -42%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $8.40 ↓ -40%
Humana Military TRCR $8.82 ↓ -37%
Devoted MCR $9.34 ↓ -33%
United Mine Workers MCR $9.34 ↓ -33%
Sentara Health MCR $9.34 ↓ -33%
Humana MCR $9.34 ↓ -33%
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $9.34 ↓ -33%
United VACCN $9.34 ↓ -33%
United MGMCR $9.39 ↓ -33%
Aetna MGMCR $9.45 ↓ -33%
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $9.53 ↓ -32%
Anthem MGMCR $9.62 ↓ -31%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $9.71 ↓ -31%
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $9.81 ↓ -30%
Virginia Health Network COMM $9.94 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network WC $9.94 ↓ -29%
Pyramid Life MGMCR $9.99 ↓ -29%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $9.99 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $10.08 ↓ -28%
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $10.50 ↓ -25%
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $10.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCS $10.78 ↓ -23%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $11.20 ↓ -20%
Community Care Network COMM $11.20 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan PPO $11.20 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan POS $11.20 ↓ -20%
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $11.20 ↓ -20%
PHCS COMM $11.90 ↓ -15%
Patients Choice COMM $12.32 ↓ -12%
4Most COMM $12.60 ↓ -10%
Star Transportation COMM $12.60 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $12.60 ↓ -10%
Anthem HIX $12.76 ↓ -9%
Anthem PPO $14.18 ↑ +1%
Anthem HMO $14.18 ↑ +1%

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Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $3.00 – $12.80
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $3.00 – $37.91
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $3.00 – $9.99
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE not published $3.00 – $12.80
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL not published $3.00 – $37.91
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA not published $3.00 – $33.61
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg not published $3.00 – $35.70
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles not published $3.00 – $33.61

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