Gallbladder and Bile Duct Scan (HIDA Scan) at LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY

1 Alleghany Reg Hospital LN, LOW MOOR, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1538100029

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$6,940.00

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.

$6,940.00

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.

$175.81 with Anthem vs $6,246.00 with Alleghany Highland Community — 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
Anthem HIX $175.81 ↓ -97%
Anthem PPO $195.37 ↓ -97%
Anthem HMO $195.37 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -88%
Lifeworks MCR $1,318.60 ↓ -81%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $1,526.80 ↓ -78%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $2,429.00 ↓ -65%
United OptionsPPO $2,637.20 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3,123.00 ↓ -55%
Aetna Broad-POC $3,747.60 ↓ -46%
Aetna Broad $3,747.60 ↓ -46%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $4,164.00 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network COMM $4,927.40 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network WC $4,927.40 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $4,996.80 ↓ -28%
CSX Hotels Product $5,552.00 ↓ -20%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $5,552.00 ↓ -20%
Health Payors Organization COMM $5,899.00 ↓ -15%
One Health Plan PPO $6,246.00 ↓ -10%
One Health Plan POS $6,246.00 ↓ -10%
Multiplan PHCS $6,246.00 ↓ -10%
4Most COMM $6,246.00 ↓ -10%
Community Care Network COMM $6,246.00 ↓ -10%
C&O Employees Hospital Assn COMM $6,246.00 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $6,246.00 ↓ -10%
Alleghany Highland Community COMM $6,246.00 ↓ -10%

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Gallbladder and Bile Duct Scan (HIDA Scan) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,135.50 $401.83 – $1,496.59
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,135.50 $401.83 – $1,496.59
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,135.50 $401.83 – $1,496.59
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,135.50 $401.83 – $1,496.59
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,135.50 $401.83 – $1,496.59
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $452.25 $247.95 – $850.31
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $452.25 $264.02 – $850.31
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $1,374.00 $397.85 – $409.55

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