Culture body fluid 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.

$7.51 with TriAtlantic vs $119.70 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 $7.51
Health Net TRICR $7.95
Humana Military TRCR $8.57
Sentara Health MCR $8.62
United Behavioral Health VACCN $8.62
Aetna MGMCR $8.62
United Mine Workers MCR $8.62
Devoted MCR $8.62
United VACCN $8.62
United AllPayerAppendix $8.62
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $8.62
Humana MCR $8.62
United MGMCR $8.66
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $8.79
Anthem MGMCR $8.88
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $8.96
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $9.05
Align Senior Care MGMCR $9.22
Greenbrier Sporting Club COMM $12.50
Lifeworks MCR $25.27
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $29.26
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $46.55
Anthem HIX $48.66
United OptionsPPO $50.54
Anthem PPO $54.06
Anthem HMO $54.06
United GlobalBenefitPlan $59.85
Aetna Broad $71.82
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $79.80
Virginia Health Network WC $94.43
Virginia Health Network COMM $94.43
CorVel WorkersComp $95.76
CSX Hotels Product $106.40
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $106.40
Health Payors Organization COMM $113.05
4Most COMM $119.70
Multiplan PHCS $119.70
American Postal Workers Union COMM $119.70
C&O Employees Hospital Assn COMM $119.70
Community Care Network COMM $119.70
Alleghany Highland Community COMM $119.70
One Health Plan PPO $119.70
One Health Plan POS $119.70
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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Culture body fluid at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $92.50 $8.62 – $116.38
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $92.50 $8.62 – $116.38
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $92.50 $8.62 – $116.38
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $92.50 $8.62 – $116.38
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $92.50 $8.62 – $116.38
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $7.51 – $38.54
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $7.51 – $9.22
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $6.62 – $9.22

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