Clindamycin 600 mg/50 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback 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

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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.

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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.

$1.37 with TriAtlantic vs $9.22 with 4Most — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
TriAtlantic TRICR $1.37
Health Net TRICR $1.45
Aetna MGMCR $1.54
Humana Military TRCR $1.56
Cigna NPR $1.78
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $3.59
United OptionsPPO $3.97
Cigna PPO $4.26
Cigna HMO $4.26
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4.61
United AllPayerAppendix $5.06
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $6.15
Virginia Health Network WC $7.28
Virginia Health Network COMM $7.28
CorVel WorkersComp $7.38
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $7.69
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $7.69
Multiplan PHCS $7.89
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $8.20
Community Care Network COMM $8.20
One Health Plan PPO $8.20
One Health Plan POS $8.20
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $8.20
PHCS COMM $8.71
Patients Choice COMM $9.02
Star Transportation COMM $9.22
American Postal Workers Union COMM $9.22
4Most COMM $9.22

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Clindamycin 600 mg/50 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $43.32 $1.87 – $8.04
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $43.32 $1.87 – $8.04
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $43.32 $1.87 – $8.04
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $43.32 $1.87 – $8.04
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $43.32 $1.87 – $8.04
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $165.00 $1.37 – $5.06
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $1.37 – $5.06
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $1.37 – $5.06

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