Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker 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.

$14.59 with TriAtlantic vs $391.50 with One Health Plan — 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 $14.59
Health Net TRICR $15.45
Humana Military TRCR $16.65
Sentara Health MCR $16.77
United Behavioral Health VACCN $16.77
Aetna MGMCR $16.77
United Mine Workers MCR $16.77
Devoted MCR $16.77
United VACCN $16.77
United AllPayerAppendix $16.77
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $16.77
Humana MCR $16.77
United MGMCR $16.85
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $17.11
Anthem MGMCR $17.27
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $17.44
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $17.61
Align Senior Care MGMCR $17.94
Greenbrier Sporting Club COMM $24.32
Lifeworks MCR $82.65
Anthem HIX $94.67
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $95.70
Anthem PPO $105.18
Anthem HMO $105.18
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $152.25
United OptionsPPO $165.30
United GlobalBenefitPlan $195.75
Aetna Broad $234.90
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $261.00
Virginia Health Network WC $308.85
Virginia Health Network COMM $308.85
CorVel WorkersComp $313.20
CSX Hotels Product $348.00
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $348.00
Health Payors Organization COMM $369.75
4Most COMM $391.50
Multiplan PHCS $391.50
American Postal Workers Union COMM $391.50
C&O Employees Hospital Assn COMM $391.50
Community Care Network COMM $391.50
Alleghany Highland Community COMM $391.50
One Health Plan PPO $391.50
One Health Plan POS $391.50
Aetna SharedSavings not published by hospital
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital
Optima Health PPO not published by hospital
Optima Health POS not published by hospital

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Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $168.00 $14.35 – $211.38
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $168.00 $14.35 – $211.38
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $168.00 $14.35 – $211.38
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $168.00 $14.35 – $211.38
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $168.00 $14.35 – $211.38
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $693.00 $12.88 – $17.94
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $14.59 – $74.98
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $14.59 – $17.94

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