Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY
1 Alleghany Reg Hospital LN, LOW MOOR, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1538100029
$68.00
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.
$68.00
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.
$12.92 with Lifeworks vs $212.24 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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| Lifeworks | MCR | $12.92 | ↓ -81% |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $14.96 | ↓ -78% |
| Virginia Health Network | ULTRA | $23.80 | ↓ -65% |
| Greenbrier Sporting Club | COMM | $24.65 | ↓ -64% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $25.84 | ↓ -62% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $30.60 | ↓ -55% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $33.84 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Broad | $36.72 | ↓ -46% |
| Greenvbrier Sporting Club | COMM | $40.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Virginia Health Network | COMM | $48.28 | ↓ -29% |
| Virginia Health Network | WC | $48.28 | ↓ -29% |
| CorVel | WorkersComp | $48.96 | ↓ -28% |
| CSX Hotels | Product | $54.40 | ↓ -20% |
| OccuNet Workers Comp | WorkersComp | $54.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Health Payors Organization | COMM | $57.80 | ↓ -15% |
| American Postal Workers Union | COMM | $61.20 | ↓ -10% |
| One Health Plan | POS | $61.20 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | PHCS | $61.20 | ↓ -10% |
| One Health Plan | PPO | $61.20 | ↓ -10% |
| Community Care Network | COMM | $61.20 | ↓ -10% |
| C&O Employees Hospital Assn | COMM | $61.20 | ↓ -10% |
| 4Most | COMM | $61.20 | ↓ -10% |
| Alleghany Highland Community | COMM | $61.20 | ↓ -10% |
| Anthem | HIX | $191.03 | ↑ +181% |
| Anthem | PPO | $212.24 | ↑ +212% |
| Anthem | HMO | $212.24 | ↑ +212% |
| 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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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $96.50 | $34.57 – $121.42 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $96.50 | $34.57 – $121.42 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $96.50 | $34.57 – $121.42 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $96.50 | $34.57 – $121.42 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $96.50 | $34.57 – $121.42 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | $576.00 | $33.84 – $198.22 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | $460.00 | $33.84 – $143.96 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI | PULASKI | $551.00 | $33.84 – $145.17 |