Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY

1 Alleghany Reg Hospital LN, LOW MOOR, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1538100029

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 7, 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.

$7.17 with TriAtlantic vs $77.00 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 $7.17
Health Net TRICR $7.60
Humana Military TRCR $8.19
United AllPayerAppendix $22.42
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $26.95
United OptionsPPO $29.26
United GlobalBenefitPlan $34.65
Aetna Broad $41.58
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $46.20
Cigna PPO $47.66
Cigna HMO $47.66
Virginia Health Network WC $54.67
Virginia Health Network COMM $54.67
CorVel WorkersComp $55.44
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $61.60
CSX Hotels Product $61.60
Health Payors Organization COMM $65.45
One Health Plan POS $69.30
Multiplan PHCS $69.30
4Most COMM $69.30
Alleghany Highland Community COMM $69.30
American Postal Workers Union COMM $69.30
C&O Employees Hospital Assn COMM $69.30
Community Care Network COMM $69.30
One Health Plan PPO $69.30
United Behavioral Health VACCN $77.00

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Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $9.64 $4.97 – $24.11
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $9.64 $4.97 – $24.11
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $9.64 $4.97 – $24.11
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $9.64 $4.97 – $24.11
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $9.64 $4.97 – $24.11
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $46.00 $7.17 – $22.42
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $93.00 $6.33 – $22.42
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $7.17 – $22.42

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