Natriuretic peptide 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.

$34.16 with TriAtlantic vs $548.10 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 $34.16
Health Net TRICR $36.17
Humana Military TRCR $38.98
Sentara Health MCR $39.26
United Behavioral Health VACCN $39.26
Aetna MGMCR $39.26
United Mine Workers MCR $39.26
Devoted MCR $39.26
United VACCN $39.26
United AllPayerAppendix $39.26
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $39.26
Humana MCR $39.26
United MGMCR $39.46
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $40.05
Anthem MGMCR $40.44
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $40.83
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $41.22
Align Senior Care MGMCR $42.01
Greenbrier Sporting Club COMM $56.93
Lifeworks MCR $115.71
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $133.98
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $213.15
Anthem HIX $221.62
United OptionsPPO $231.42
Anthem PPO $246.24
Anthem HMO $246.24
United GlobalBenefitPlan $274.05
Aetna Broad $328.86
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $365.40
Virginia Health Network WC $432.39
Virginia Health Network COMM $432.39
CorVel WorkersComp $438.48
CSX Hotels Product $487.20
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $487.20
Health Payors Organization COMM $517.65
4Most COMM $548.10
Multiplan PHCS $548.10
American Postal Workers Union COMM $548.10
C&O Employees Hospital Assn COMM $548.10
Community Care Network COMM $548.10
Alleghany Highland Community COMM $548.10
One Health Plan PPO $548.10
One Health Plan POS $548.10
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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Natriuretic peptide at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $337.50 $33.33 – $424.64
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $337.50 $33.33 – $424.64
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $337.50 $33.33 – $424.64
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $337.50 $33.33 – $424.64
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $337.50 $33.33 – $424.64
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles $510.70 $30.14 – $192.57
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $34.16 – $175.53
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $34.16 – $42.01

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