Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray at SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
4600 Spotsylvania Parkway, Fredericksburg, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1376876664
$915.20
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.
$915.20
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.
$27.61 with Anthem vs $823.68 with Three Rivers Provider Network — 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 |
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| Anthem | HIX | $27.61 | ↓ -97% |
| Anthem | PPO | $37.99 | ↓ -96% |
| Anthem | HMO | $37.99 | ↓ -96% |
| Anthem | HPN | $37.99 | ↓ -96% |
| Lifeworks | MCR | $173.89 | ↓ -81% |
| Cigna | HMO | $178.79 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | PPO | $178.79 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | IFP | $219.42 | ↓ -76% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | ↓ -73% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $256.26 | ↓ -72% |
| Virginia Health Network | ULTRA | $320.32 | ↓ -65% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $411.84 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | COMM | $539.97 | ↓ -41% |
| Greenvbrier Sporting Club | COMM | $549.12 | ↓ -40% |
| Virginia Health Network | COMM | $594.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Virginia Health Network | WC | $594.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | MPI | $649.79 | ↓ -29% |
| Multiplan | PHCS | $649.79 | ↓ -29% |
| CorVel | WorkersComp | $658.94 | ↓ -28% |
| OccuNet Workers Comp | WorkersComp | $732.16 | ↓ -20% |
| 4Most Health Nework | COMM | $823.68 | ↓ -10% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | COMM | $823.68 | ↓ -10% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | WorkersComp | $823.68 | ↓ -10% |
| Optima Health | POS | not published by hospital | — |
| Optima Health | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Optima Health | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Broad | not published by hospital | — |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | $1,041.00 | $55.41 – $245.18 |
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $575.50 | $80.04 – $758.51 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $575.50 | $80.04 – $758.51 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $575.50 | $80.04 – $758.51 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $575.50 | $80.04 – $758.51 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $575.50 | $80.04 – $758.51 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | $1,877.00 | $45.34 – $245.18 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI | PULASKI | $2,660.00 | $37.46 – $245.18 |