Microdissection manual 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

$2,217.00

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.

$2,217.00

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.

$180.05 with United vs $2,217.00 with United Behavioral Health — 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
United AllPayerAppendix $180.05 ↓ -92%
Lifeworks MCR $421.23 ↓ -81%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $487.74 ↓ -78%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $775.95 ↓ -65%
Greenbrier Sporting Club COMM $803.66 ↓ -64%
United OptionsPPO $842.46 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $997.65 ↓ -55%
Anthem HIX $1,016.38 ↓ -54%
Anthem HMO $1,129.27 ↓ -49%
Anthem PPO $1,129.27 ↓ -49%
Aetna Broad $1,197.18 ↓ -46%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $1,330.20 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network WC $1,574.07 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $1,574.07 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $1,596.24 ↓ -28%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $1,773.60 ↓ -20%
CSX Hotels Product $1,773.60 ↓ -20%
Health Payors Organization COMM $1,884.45 ↓ -15%
One Health Plan PPO $1,995.30 ↓ -10%
Multiplan PHCS $1,995.30 ↓ -10%
One Health Plan POS $1,995.30 ↓ -10%
Community Care Network COMM $1,995.30 ↓ -10%
4Most COMM $1,995.30 ↓ -10%
Alleghany Highland Community COMM $1,995.30 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $1,995.30 ↓ -10%
C&O Employees Hospital Assn COMM $1,995.30 ↓ -10%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $2,217.00 ↑ +0%
Optima Health PPO not published by hospital
Optima Health POS not published by hospital
Aetna SharedSavings not published by hospital
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital

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Microdissection manual at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $468.00 $46.88 – $733.75
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $468.00 $46.88 – $733.75
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $468.00 $46.88 – $733.75
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $468.00 $46.88 – $733.75
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $468.00 $46.88 – $733.75
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $2,857.00 $180.05 – $805.00
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $1,958.00 $180.05 – $765.93
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $1,490.00 $180.05 – $772.41

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