Culture quantitative aerobic other source 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

$129.00

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.

$129.00

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.

$8.61 with TriAtlantic vs $116.10 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 $8.61 ↓ -93%
Health Net TRICR $9.12 ↓ -93%
Humana Military TRCR $9.83 ↓ -92%
Sentara Health MCR $9.89 ↓ -92%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $9.89 ↓ -92%
Aetna MGMCR $9.89 ↓ -92%
United Mine Workers MCR $9.89 ↓ -92%
Devoted MCR $9.89 ↓ -92%
United VACCN $9.89 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.89 ↓ -92%
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $9.89 ↓ -92%
Humana MCR $9.89 ↓ -92%
United MGMCR $9.94 ↓ -92%
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $10.09 ↓ -92%
Anthem MGMCR $10.19 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $10.29 ↓ -92%
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $10.38 ↓ -92%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $10.58 ↓ -92%
Greenbrier Sporting Club COMM $14.34 ↓ -89%
Lifeworks MCR $24.51 ↓ -81%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $28.38 ↓ -78%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $45.15 ↓ -65%
United OptionsPPO $49.02 ↓ -62%
Anthem HIX $55.83 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $58.05 ↓ -55%
Anthem PPO $62.03 ↓ -52%
Anthem HMO $62.03 ↓ -52%
Aetna Broad $69.66 ↓ -46%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $77.40 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network WC $91.59 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $91.59 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $92.88 ↓ -28%
CSX Hotels Product $103.20 ↓ -20%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $103.20 ↓ -20%
Health Payors Organization COMM $109.65 ↓ -15%
4Most COMM $116.10 ↓ -10%
Multiplan PHCS $116.10 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $116.10 ↓ -10%
C&O Employees Hospital Assn COMM $116.10 ↓ -10%
Community Care Network COMM $116.10 ↓ -10%
Alleghany Highland Community COMM $116.10 ↓ -10%
One Health Plan PPO $116.10 ↓ -10%
One Health Plan POS $116.10 ↓ -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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