Creatine - sendout 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

$146.00

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.

$146.00

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.

$4.04 with TriAtlantic vs $131.40 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 $4.04 ↓ -97%
Health Net TRICR $4.28 ↓ -97%
Humana Military TRCR $4.61 ↓ -97%
Sentara Health MCR $4.64 ↓ -97%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $4.64 ↓ -97%
Aetna MGMCR $4.64 ↓ -97%
United Mine Workers MCR $4.64 ↓ -97%
Devoted MCR $4.64 ↓ -97%
United VACCN $4.64 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.64 ↓ -97%
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $4.64 ↓ -97%
Humana MCR $4.64 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $4.66 ↓ -97%
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $4.73 ↓ -97%
Anthem MGMCR $4.78 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $4.83 ↓ -97%
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $4.87 ↓ -97%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $4.96 ↓ -97%
Greenbrier Sporting Club COMM $6.73 ↓ -95%
Anthem HIX $26.19 ↓ -82%
Lifeworks MCR $27.74 ↓ -81%
Anthem HMO $29.10 ↓ -80%
Anthem PPO $29.10 ↓ -80%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $32.12 ↓ -78%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $51.10 ↓ -65%
United OptionsPPO $55.48 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $65.70 ↓ -55%
Aetna Broad $78.84 ↓ -46%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $87.60 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network WC $103.66 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $103.66 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $105.12 ↓ -28%
CSX Hotels Product $116.80 ↓ -20%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $116.80 ↓ -20%
Health Payors Organization COMM $124.10 ↓ -15%
4Most COMM $131.40 ↓ -10%
Multiplan PHCS $131.40 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $131.40 ↓ -10%
C&O Employees Hospital Assn COMM $131.40 ↓ -10%
Community Care Network COMM $131.40 ↓ -10%
Alleghany Highland Community COMM $131.40 ↓ -10%
One Health Plan PPO $131.40 ↓ -10%
One Health Plan POS $131.40 ↓ -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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Creatine - sendout at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $52.00 $4.64 – $65.43
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $52.00 $4.64 – $65.43
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $52.00 $4.64 – $65.43
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $52.00 $4.64 – $65.43
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $52.00 $4.64 – $65.43
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $146.00 $4.04 – $6.73
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $4.04 – $20.75
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $4.04 – $4.96

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