Sodium chloride 0.9 % intravenous 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

$497.00

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$497.00

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.

$2.10 with TriAtlantic vs $447.30 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

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 $2.10 ↓ -100%
Health Net TRICR $2.22 ↓ -100%
Humana Military TRCR $2.40 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.27 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCR $74.55 ↓ -85%
Cigna NPR $86.48 ↓ -83%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $173.95 ↓ -65%
United OptionsPPO $192.34 ↓ -61%
Cigna HMO $206.75 ↓ -58%
Cigna PPO $206.75 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $223.65 ↓ -55%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $298.20 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network COMM $352.87 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network WC $352.87 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $357.84 ↓ -28%
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $372.75 ↓ -25%
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $372.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCS $382.69 ↓ -23%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $397.60 ↓ -20%
Community Care Network COMM $397.60 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan PPO $397.60 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan POS $397.60 ↓ -20%
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $397.60 ↓ -20%
PHCS COMM $422.45 ↓ -15%
Patients Choice COMM $437.36 ↓ -12%
Star Transportation COMM $447.30 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $447.30 ↓ -10%
4Most COMM $447.30 ↓ -10%

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Sodium chloride 0.9 % intravenous solution at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $54.00 $2.10 – $5.27
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $203.00 $1.85 – $5.27
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA $334.58 $2.25 – $5.27
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg $227.88 $2.40 – $5.27
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles $319.58 $1.85 – $5.27

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