Covid-19 lab test non-cdc at TRICITIES HOSPITAL

411 W RANDOLPH RD, HOPEWELL, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1285671248

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 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.

$44.65 with TriAtlantic vs $231.42 with Cigna — 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 $44.65
Health Net TRICR $49.90
Humana Military TRCR $50.95
Humana MCR $51.31
UNITED AllPayerAppendix $51.31
UNITED NavigateCorePayer $51.31
UNITED NewBusiness $51.31
UNITED SmallBusiness $51.31
United Behavioral Health VACCN $51.31
Devoted MCR $51.31
United VACCN $51.31
Johns Hopkins UniformedServicesFamilyHealthPlan $51.31
Sentara Health MCR $51.31
Aetna MGMCR $51.89
United MGMCR $52.34
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $52.34
Anthem MGMCR $52.85
Evernorth Behavioral Health MCR $53.36
DaVita Village Health MCR $53.36
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $53.36
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $53.88
Pyramid Life MGMCR $54.90
Align Senior Care MGMCR $54.90
Naphcare GVT $69.27
Oscar COMM $128.28
Anthem HIX $149.16
Anthem HPN $189.23
Anthem PPO $205.14
Anthem HMO $205.14
Cigna PPO $220.27
Cigna HMO $220.27
Cigna IFP $231.42
Aetna Broad not published by hospital
Aetna SharedSavings not published by hospital

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Covid-19 lab test non-cdc at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $122.00 $11.72 – $232.52
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $122.00 $11.72 – $232.52
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $122.00 $11.72 – $232.52
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $122.00 $11.72 – $232.52
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $122.00 $11.72 – $232.52
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $90.00 $44.65 – $54.90
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $77.00 $39.40 – $54.90
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $76.00 $44.65 – $74.40

All Virginia hospitals for this procedure →