Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp at LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY
1 Alleghany Reg Hospital LN, LOW MOOR, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1538100029
$149.00
Cash price 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.
$149.00
Gross charge 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.
$24.67 with United vs $154.73 with Anthem — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | AllPayerAppendix | $24.67 | ↓ -83% |
| Lifeworks | MCR | $28.31 | ↓ -81% |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $32.78 | ↓ -78% |
| Virginia Health Network | ULTRA | $52.15 | ↓ -65% |
| Greenbrier Sporting Club | COMM | $54.01 | ↓ -64% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $56.62 | ↓ -62% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $67.05 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Broad | $80.46 | ↓ -46% |
| Greenvbrier Sporting Club | COMM | $89.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Virginia Health Network | COMM | $105.79 | ↓ -29% |
| Virginia Health Network | WC | $105.79 | ↓ -29% |
| CorVel | WorkersComp | $107.28 | ↓ -28% |
| CSX Hotels | Product | $119.20 | ↓ -20% |
| OccuNet Workers Comp | WorkersComp | $119.20 | ↓ -20% |
| Health Payors Organization | COMM | $126.65 | ↓ -15% |
| American Postal Workers Union | COMM | $134.10 | ↓ -10% |
| One Health Plan | POS | $134.10 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | PHCS | $134.10 | ↓ -10% |
| One Health Plan | PPO | $134.10 | ↓ -10% |
| Community Care Network | COMM | $134.10 | ↓ -10% |
| C&O Employees Hospital Assn | COMM | $134.10 | ↓ -10% |
| 4Most | COMM | $134.10 | ↓ -10% |
| Alleghany Highland Community | COMM | $134.10 | ↓ -10% |
| Anthem | HIX | $139.26 | ↓ -7% |
| Anthem | PPO | $154.73 | ↑ +4% |
| Anthem | HMO | $154.73 | ↑ +4% |
| Optima Health | POS | not published by hospital | — |
| Optima Health | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Optima Health | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | SharedSavings | not published by hospital | — |
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Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $91.00 | $24.49 – $114.50 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $91.00 | $24.49 – $114.50 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $91.00 | $24.49 – $114.50 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $91.00 | $24.49 – $114.50 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $91.00 | $24.49 – $114.50 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | $319.00 | $24.67 – $104.95 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI | PULASKI | $611.00 | $24.67 – $105.83 |
| LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER | ROANOKE | $410.00 | $24.67 – $138.50 |