Prednisolone sodium phosphate 15 mg/5 ml (3 mg/ml) oral solution 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

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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.

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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.

$0.41 with TriAtlantic vs $26.10 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 $0.41
Health Net TRICR $0.43
Humana Military TRCR $0.47
United AllPayerAppendix $2.44
Aetna MGMCR $4.35
Cigna NPR $5.05
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $10.15
United OptionsPPO $11.22
Cigna HMO $12.06
Cigna PPO $12.06
United GlobalBenefitPlan $13.05
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $17.40
Virginia Health Network COMM $20.59
Virginia Health Network WC $20.59
CorVel WorkersComp $20.88
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $21.75
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $21.75
Multiplan PHCS $22.33
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $23.20
Community Care Network COMM $23.20
One Health Plan PPO $23.20
One Health Plan POS $23.20
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $23.20
PHCS COMM $24.65
Patients Choice COMM $25.52
Star Transportation COMM $26.10
American Postal Workers Union COMM $26.10
4Most COMM $26.10

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Prednisolone sodium phosphate 15 mg/5 ml (3 mg/ml) oral solution at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $46.00 $0.41 – $2.44
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $22.00 $0.36 – $2.44
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $76.00 $0.41 – $2.76
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA $34.42 $0.43 – $2.44
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles $33.37 $0.36 – $2.44
HENRICO DOCTORS HOSPITAL RICHMOND $108.00 $0.41 – $2.44
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $0.41 – $2.44
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL not published $0.41 – $2.44

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