Low-Dose Lung Cancer Screening CT Scan at LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY

1145 W Main St, CHRISTIANSBURG, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1275570376

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$183.00

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.

$183.00

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.

$31.84 with Cigna vs $4,530.00 with Aetna — 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 $31.84 ↓ -83%
Lifeworks MCR $34.77 ↓ -81%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $40.26 ↓ -78%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $64.05 ↓ -65%
United OptionsPPO $70.82 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $82.35 ↓ -55%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $109.80 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PHCS $122.61 ↓ -33%
Virginia Health Network COMM $129.93 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network WC $129.93 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $131.76 ↓ -28%
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $137.25 ↓ -25%
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $137.25 ↓ -25%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $146.40 ↓ -20%
Community Care Network COMM $146.40 ↓ -20%
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $146.40 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan POS $146.40 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan PPO $146.40 ↓ -20%
PHCS COMM $155.55 ↓ -15%
Patients Choice COMM $161.04 ↓ -12%
4Most COMM $164.70 ↓ -10%
Star Transportation COMM $164.70 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $164.70 ↓ -10%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -1%
Anthem HIX $209.83 ↑ +15%
Anthem PPO $233.13 ↑ +27%
Anthem HMO $233.13 ↑ +27%
Aetna SharedSavings $2,919.00 ↑ +1495%
Aetna Broad $4,530.00 ↑ +2375%

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Low-Dose Lung Cancer Screening CT Scan at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $418.50 $106.34 – $1,432.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $418.50 $106.34 – $1,432.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $418.50 $106.34 – $1,432.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $418.50 $106.34 – $1,432.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $418.50 $106.34 – $1,432.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $91.05 $72.81 – $222.37
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $91.05 $72.81 – $222.37
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $478.50 $104.04 – $107.10

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