Pentazocine injection 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

$222.00

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.

$222.00

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.

$33.30 with Aetna vs $199.80 with Star Transportation — 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
Aetna MGMCR $33.30 ↓ -85%
Cigna NPR $38.63 ↓ -83%
United AllPayerAppendix $72.58 ↓ -67%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $77.70 ↓ -65%
United OptionsPPO $85.91 ↓ -61%
Cigna PPO $92.35 ↓ -58%
Cigna HMO $92.35 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $99.90 ↓ -55%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $133.20 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network WC $157.62 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $157.62 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $159.84 ↓ -28%
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $166.50 ↓ -25%
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $166.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCS $170.94 ↓ -23%
One Health Plan PPO $177.60 ↓ -20%
Community Care Network COMM $177.60 ↓ -20%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $177.60 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan POS $177.60 ↓ -20%
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $177.60 ↓ -20%
PHCS COMM $188.70 ↓ -15%
Patients Choice COMM $195.36 ↓ -12%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $199.80 ↓ -10%
4Most COMM $199.80 ↓ -10%
Star Transportation COMM $199.80 ↓ -10%

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Pentazocine injection at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $72.58 – $72.58
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $72.58 – $113.81
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $72.58 – $72.58
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE not published $82.17 – $82.17
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL not published $72.58 – $113.81
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA not published $72.58 – $98.63
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg not published $72.58 – $113.81
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles not published $72.58 – $98.63

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