Covid-19 lab test non-cdc 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

$90.00

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.

$90.00

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.

$15.66 with Cigna vs $242.49 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 $15.66 ↓ -83%
Lifeworks MCR $17.10 ↓ -81%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $19.80 ↓ -78%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $31.50 ↓ -65%
United OptionsPPO $34.83 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $40.50 ↓ -55%
TriAtlantic TRICR $44.65 ↓ -50%
Health Net TRICR $47.28 ↓ -47%
Humana Military TRCR $50.95 ↓ -43%
Devoted MCR $51.31 ↓ -43%
Humana MCR $51.31 ↓ -43%
United VACCN $51.31 ↓ -43%
United AllPayerAppendix $51.31 ↓ -43%
Sentara Health MCR $51.31 ↓ -43%
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $51.31 ↓ -43%
United Mine Workers MCR $51.31 ↓ -43%
United MGMCR $51.57 ↓ -43%
Aetna MGMCR $51.89 ↓ -42%
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $52.34 ↓ -42%
Anthem MGMCR $52.85 ↓ -41%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $53.36 ↓ -41%
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $53.88 ↓ -40%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $54.00 ↓ -40%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $54.90 ↓ -39%
Pyramid Life MGMCR $54.90 ↓ -39%
Virginia Health Network COMM $63.90 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network WC $63.90 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $64.80 ↓ -28%
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $67.50 ↓ -25%
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $67.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCS $69.30 ↓ -23%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $72.00 ↓ -20%
Community Care Network COMM $72.00 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan PPO $72.00 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan POS $72.00 ↓ -20%
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $72.00 ↓ -20%
PHCS COMM $76.50 ↓ -15%
Patients Choice COMM $79.20 ↓ -12%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $81.00 ↓ -10%
Star Transportation COMM $81.00 ↓ -10%
4Most COMM $81.00 ↓ -10%
Anthem HIX $218.27 ↑ +143%
Anthem HMO $242.49 ↑ +169%
Anthem PPO $242.49 ↑ +169%
Aetna Broad not published by hospital
Aetna SharedSavings not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $122.00 $11.72 – $232.52
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $122.00 $11.72 – $232.52
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