Inj meropenem (wg crit care) 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

$98.70

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.

$98.70

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.

$1.36 with TriAtlantic vs $88.83 with 4Most — 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
TriAtlantic TRICR $1.36 ↓ -99%
Health Net TRICR $1.44 ↓ -99%
Humana Military TRCR $1.55 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.16 ↓ -96%
Aetna MGMCR $14.80 ↓ -85%
Cigna NPR $17.17 ↓ -83%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $34.55 ↓ -65%
United OptionsPPO $38.20 ↓ -61%
Cigna HMO $41.06 ↓ -58%
Cigna PPO $41.06 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $44.41 ↓ -55%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $59.22 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network COMM $70.08 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network WC $70.08 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $71.06 ↓ -28%
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $74.03 ↓ -25%
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $74.03 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCS $76.00 ↓ -23%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $78.96 ↓ -20%
Community Care Network COMM $78.96 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan PPO $78.96 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan POS $78.96 ↓ -20%
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $78.96 ↓ -20%
PHCS COMM $83.89 ↓ -15%
Patients Choice COMM $86.86 ↓ -12%
Star Transportation COMM $88.83 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $88.83 ↓ -10%
4Most COMM $88.83 ↓ -10%

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Inj meropenem (wg crit care) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $157.92 $1.36 – $4.16
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $434.00 $1.20 – $4.16
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $433.00 $1.36 – $4.71
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $1.36 – $4.16
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL not published $1.36 – $4.16
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA not published $1.46 – $4.16
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg not published $1.55 – $4.16
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles not published $1.20 – $4.16

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