Neck (Cervical Spine) X-ray (4 to 5 views) at LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY
1145 W Main St, CHRISTIANSBURG, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1275570376
$2,323.00
Cash price 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.
$2,323.00
Gross charge 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.
$55.25 with Anthem vs $2,090.70 with American Postal Workers Union — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthem | HIX | $55.25 | ↓ -98% |
| Anthem | PPO | $61.38 | ↓ -97% |
| Anthem | HMO | $61.38 | ↓ -97% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | NPR | $404.20 | ↓ -83% |
| Lifeworks | MCR | $441.37 | ↓ -81% |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $511.06 | ↓ -78% |
| Virginia Health Network | ULTRA | $813.05 | ↓ -65% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $899.00 | ↓ -61% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $1,045.35 | ↓ -55% |
| Greenvbrier Sporting Club | COMM | $1,393.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Multiplan | PHCS | $1,556.41 | ↓ -33% |
| Virginia Health Network | COMM | $1,649.33 | ↓ -29% |
| Virginia Health Network | WC | $1,649.33 | ↓ -29% |
| CorVel | WorkersComp | $1,672.56 | ↓ -28% |
| Richfield Retirement Community | COMM | $1,742.25 | ↓ -25% |
| Richfield Nursing Center | COMM | $1,742.25 | ↓ -25% |
| One Health Plan | POS | $1,858.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Community Care Network | COMM | $1,858.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Graham-White Manufacturing | COMM | $1,858.40 | ↓ -20% |
| OccuNet Workers Comp | WorkersComp | $1,858.40 | ↓ -20% |
| One Health Plan | PPO | $1,858.40 | ↓ -20% |
| PHCS | COMM | $1,974.55 | ↓ -15% |
| Patients Choice | COMM | $2,044.24 | ↓ -12% |
| Star Transportation | COMM | $2,090.70 | ↓ -10% |
| 4Most | COMM | $2,090.70 | ↓ -10% |
| American Postal Workers Union | COMM | $2,090.70 | ↓ -10% |
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Neck (Cervical Spine) X-ray (4 to 5 views) at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $521.00 | $80.04 – $686.68 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $521.00 | $80.04 – $686.68 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $521.00 | $80.04 – $686.68 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $521.00 | $80.04 – $686.68 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $521.00 | $80.04 – $686.68 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $72.75 | $29.36 – $222.37 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $72.75 | $52.44 – $222.37 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $348.50 | $104.04 – $107.10 |