Culture screening strep group a 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.

$5.77 with TriAtlantic vs $346.50 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 $5.77
Health Net TRICR $6.11
Humana Military TRCR $6.59
Sentara Health MCR $6.63
United Behavioral Health VACCN $6.63
Aetna MGMCR $6.63
United Mine Workers MCR $6.63
Devoted MCR $6.63
United VACCN $6.63
United AllPayerAppendix $6.63
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $6.63
Humana MCR $6.63
United MGMCR $6.66
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $6.76
Anthem MGMCR $6.83
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $6.90
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $6.96
Align Senior Care MGMCR $7.09
Greenbrier Sporting Club COMM $9.61
Anthem HIX $37.43
Anthem HMO $41.58
Anthem PPO $41.58
Lifeworks MCR $73.15
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $84.70
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $134.75
United OptionsPPO $146.30
United GlobalBenefitPlan $173.25
Aetna Broad $207.90
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $231.00
Virginia Health Network WC $273.35
Virginia Health Network COMM $273.35
CorVel WorkersComp $277.20
CSX Hotels Product $308.00
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $308.00
Health Payors Organization COMM $327.25
4Most COMM $346.50
Multiplan PHCS $346.50
American Postal Workers Union COMM $346.50
C&O Employees Hospital Assn COMM $346.50
Community Care Network COMM $346.50
Alleghany Highland Community COMM $346.50
One Health Plan PPO $346.50
One Health Plan POS $346.50
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 screening strep group a at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $76.00 $6.63 – $95.62
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $76.00 $6.63 – $95.62
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $76.00 $6.63 – $95.62
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $76.00 $6.63 – $95.62
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $76.00 $6.63 – $95.62
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $5.77 – $29.64
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $5.77 – $7.09
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $5.09 – $7.09

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