Assay of glutathione 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

$39.00

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.

$39.00

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.

$7.41 with Lifeworks vs $96.90 with Anthem — 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
Lifeworks MCR $7.41 ↓ -81%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $8.58 ↓ -78%
TriAtlantic TRICR $13.45 ↓ -66%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $13.65 ↓ -65%
Health Net TRICR $14.24 ↓ -63%
United OptionsPPO $14.82 ↓ -62%
Humana Military TRCR $15.35 ↓ -61%
United AllPayerAppendix $15.45 ↓ -60%
Sentara Health MCR $15.45 ↓ -60%
United Mine Workers MCR $15.45 ↓ -60%
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $15.45 ↓ -60%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $15.45 ↓ -60%
Aetna MGMCR $15.45 ↓ -60%
Devoted MCR $15.45 ↓ -60%
United VACCN $15.45 ↓ -60%
Humana MCR $15.45 ↓ -60%
United MGMCR $15.53 ↓ -60%
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $15.76 ↓ -60%
Anthem MGMCR $15.91 ↓ -59%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $16.07 ↓ -59%
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $16.22 ↓ -58%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $16.53 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $17.55 ↓ -55%
Aetna Broad $21.06 ↓ -46%
Greenbrier Sporting Club COMM $22.40 ↓ -43%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $23.40 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network WC $27.69 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $27.69 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $28.08 ↓ -28%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $31.20 ↓ -20%
CSX Hotels Product $31.20 ↓ -20%
Health Payors Organization COMM $33.15 ↓ -15%
Multiplan PHCS $35.10 ↓ -10%
4Most COMM $35.10 ↓ -10%
Alleghany Highland Community COMM $35.10 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $35.10 ↓ -10%
C&O Employees Hospital Assn COMM $35.10 ↓ -10%
Community Care Network COMM $35.10 ↓ -10%
One Health Plan POS $35.10 ↓ -10%
One Health Plan PPO $35.10 ↓ -10%
Anthem HIX $87.22 ↑ +124%
Anthem PPO $96.90 ↑ +148%
Anthem HMO $96.90 ↑ +148%
Optima Health POS not published by hospital
Optima Health PPO not published by hospital
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital
Aetna SharedSavings not published by hospital

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Assay of glutathione at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $91.00 $14.35 – $114.50
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $91.00 $14.35 – $114.50
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $91.00 $14.35 – $114.50
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $91.00 $14.35 – $114.50
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $91.00 $14.35 – $114.50
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $13.45 – $69.08
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $13.45 – $16.53
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $11.87 – $16.53

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