Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci 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

$62.00

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.

$62.00

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.

$9.30 with Aetna vs $55.80 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.

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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 $9.30 ↓ -85%
Cigna NPR $10.79 ↓ -83%
Lifeworks MCR $11.78 ↓ -81%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $13.64 ↓ -78%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $21.70 ↓ -65%
Aetna SharedSavings $22.32 ↓ -64%
United OptionsPPO $23.99 ↓ -61%
Cigna PPO $25.79 ↓ -58%
Cigna HMO $25.79 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $27.90 ↓ -55%
United AllPayerAppendix $31.85 ↓ -49%
Aetna Broad $32.86 ↓ -47%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $37.20 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network WC $44.02 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $44.02 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $44.64 ↓ -28%
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $46.50 ↓ -25%
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $46.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCS $47.74 ↓ -23%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $49.60 ↓ -20%
Community Care Network COMM $49.60 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan PPO $49.60 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan POS $49.60 ↓ -20%
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $49.60 ↓ -20%
PHCS COMM $52.70 ↓ -15%
Patients Choice COMM $54.56 ↓ -12%
Star Transportation COMM $55.80 ↓ -10%
4Most COMM $55.80 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $55.80 ↓ -10%

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Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $3.00 $31.85 – $31.85
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $3.56 $2.69 – $17.61
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $3.56 $2.69 – $17.61
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $3.56 $2.69 – $17.61
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $3.56 $2.69 – $17.61
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $3.56 $2.69 – $17.61
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $123.00 $1.82 – $31.85
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $76.00 $36.06 – $36.06

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