Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) 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

$356.00

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.

$356.00

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.

$16.50 with TriAtlantic vs $320.40 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 $16.50 ↓ -95%
Health Net TRICR $17.47 ↓ -95%
Humana Military TRCR $18.83 ↓ -95%
Sentara Health MCR $18.96 ↓ -95%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $18.96 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCR $18.96 ↓ -95%
United Mine Workers MCR $18.96 ↓ -95%
Devoted MCR $18.96 ↓ -95%
United VACCN $18.96 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.96 ↓ -95%
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $18.96 ↓ -95%
Humana MCR $18.96 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $19.05 ↓ -95%
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $19.34 ↓ -95%
Anthem MGMCR $19.53 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $19.72 ↓ -94%
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $19.91 ↓ -94%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $20.29 ↓ -94%
Greenbrier Sporting Club COMM $27.49 ↓ -92%
Lifeworks MCR $67.64 ↓ -81%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $78.32 ↓ -78%
Anthem HIX $107.03 ↓ -70%
Anthem PPO $118.92 ↓ -67%
Anthem HMO $118.92 ↓ -67%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $124.60 ↓ -65%
United OptionsPPO $135.28 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $160.20 ↓ -55%
Aetna Broad $192.24 ↓ -46%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $213.60 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network WC $252.76 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $252.76 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $256.32 ↓ -28%
CSX Hotels Product $284.80 ↓ -20%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $284.80 ↓ -20%
Health Payors Organization COMM $302.60 ↓ -15%
4Most COMM $320.40 ↓ -10%
Multiplan PHCS $320.40 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $320.40 ↓ -10%
C&O Employees Hospital Assn COMM $320.40 ↓ -10%
Community Care Network COMM $320.40 ↓ -10%
Alleghany Highland Community COMM $320.40 ↓ -10%
One Health Plan PPO $320.40 ↓ -10%
One Health Plan POS $320.40 ↓ -10%
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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Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $189.50 $14.35 – $238.43
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $189.50 $14.35 – $238.43
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $189.50 $14.35 – $238.43
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $189.50 $14.35 – $238.43
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $189.50 $14.35 – $238.43
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $781.00 $16.50 – $84.77
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $429.00 $16.50 – $20.29
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $669.00 $14.56 – $20.29

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