Potassium chloride 10 meq/100ml in sterile water intravenous piggyback 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.

$0.18 with TriAtlantic vs $159.00 with United Behavioral Health — 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 $0.18
Humana Military TRCR $0.20
Health Net TRICR $0.20
Johns Hopkins UniformedServicesFamilyHealthPlan $0.21
Cigna IFP $0.22
UNITED AllPayerAppendix $0.32
UNITED NavigateCorePayer $0.32
UNITED NewBusiness $0.32
UNITED SmallBusiness $0.32
Cigna PPO $0.32
Cigna HMO $0.32
Aetna MGMCR $23.85
United OptionsPPO $33.07
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $55.65
United GlobalBenefitPlan $71.55
Value Options COMM $95.40
Virginia Health Network COMM $103.35
Naphcare GVT $103.35
Virginia Health Network WC $103.35
CorVel WorkersComp $114.48
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $127.20
Multiplan PHCS $143.10
4Most Health Nework COMM $143.10
United Behavioral Health VACCN $159.00

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Potassium chloride 10 meq/100ml in sterile water intravenous piggyback at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $11.91 $0.16 – $6.01
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $11.91 $0.16 – $6.01
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $11.91 $0.16 – $6.01
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $11.91 $0.16 – $6.01
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $11.91 $0.16 – $6.01
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $0.18 – $0.32
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $0.18 – $0.32
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $0.18 – $0.32

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