Bundled special stain group 2 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.

$33.06 with Lifeworks vs $212.24 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 $33.06
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $38.28
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $60.90
Greenbrier Sporting Club COMM $63.08
United OptionsPPO $66.12
United GlobalBenefitPlan $78.30
Aetna Broad $93.96
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $104.40
Virginia Health Network COMM $123.54
Virginia Health Network WC $123.54
CorVel WorkersComp $125.28
CSX Hotels Product $139.20
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $139.20
Health Payors Organization COMM $147.90
American Postal Workers Union COMM $156.60
One Health Plan POS $156.60
Multiplan PHCS $156.60
One Health Plan PPO $156.60
Community Care Network COMM $156.60
C&O Employees Hospital Assn COMM $156.60
4Most COMM $156.60
Alleghany Highland Community COMM $156.60
Anthem HIX $191.03
Anthem PPO $212.24
Anthem HMO $212.24
Optima Health POS not published by hospital
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital
Optima Health PPO not published by hospital
Aetna SharedSavings not published by hospital

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Bundled special stain group 2 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $167.50 $34.57 – $210.75
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $167.50 $34.57 – $210.75
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $167.50 $34.57 – $210.75
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $167.50 $34.57 – $210.75
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $167.50 $34.57 – $210.75
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $378.00 $33.84 – $300.84
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $715.00 $33.84 – $145.17
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $378.00 $33.84 – $300.84

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