Tomosynthesis breast diagnostic left 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

$82.00

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.

$82.00

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.

$12.48 with United vs $76.21 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.

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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 VACCN $12.48 ↓ -85%
United Mine Workers MCR $12.48 ↓ -85%
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $12.48 ↓ -85%
Humana MCR $12.48 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCR $12.48 ↓ -85%
Devoted MCR $12.48 ↓ -85%
Sentara Health MCR $12.48 ↓ -85%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $12.48 ↓ -85%
United MGMCR $12.54 ↓ -85%
TriAtlantic TRICR $12.72 ↓ -84%
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $12.73 ↓ -84%
Anthem MGMCR $12.85 ↓ -84%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $12.98 ↓ -84%
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $13.10 ↓ -84%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $13.35 ↓ -84%
Health Net TRICR $13.46 ↓ -84%
Humana Military TRCR $14.51 ↓ -82%
Lifeworks MCR $15.58 ↓ -81%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $18.04 ↓ -78%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $28.70 ↓ -65%
Aetna SharedSavings $29.52 ↓ -64%
United OptionsPPO $31.16 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $36.90 ↓ -55%
Aetna Broad $44.28 ↓ -46%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $49.20 ↓ -40%
Cigna HMO $50.76 ↓ -38%
Cigna PPO $50.76 ↓ -38%
United AllPayerAppendix $57.31 ↓ -30%
Virginia Health Network WC $58.22 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $58.22 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $59.04 ↓ -28%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $65.60 ↓ -20%
CSX Hotels Product $65.60 ↓ -20%
Anthem HIX $68.57 ↓ -16%
Health Payors Organization COMM $69.70 ↓ -15%
4Most COMM $73.80 ↓ -10%
Alleghany Highland Community COMM $73.80 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $73.80 ↓ -10%
C&O Employees Hospital Assn COMM $73.80 ↓ -10%
Multiplan PHCS $73.80 ↓ -10%
Community Care Network COMM $73.80 ↓ -10%
One Health Plan PPO $73.80 ↓ -10%
One Health Plan POS $73.80 ↓ -10%
Anthem PPO $76.21 ↓ -7%
Anthem HMO $76.21 ↓ -7%

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Tomosynthesis breast diagnostic left at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $86.50 $48.25 – $95.15
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $86.50 $48.25 – $95.15
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $86.50 $48.25 – $95.15
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $86.50 $48.25 – $95.15
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $86.50 $48.25 – $95.15
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $43.00 $12.72 – $125.47
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $84.00 $12.72 – $14.51
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $73.00 $11.22 – $13.76

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