Assay of salicylate at LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI

2400 Lee Hwy, PULASKI, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1205882396

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 7, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$513.00

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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.

$513.00

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.

$14.31 with Humana Military vs $461.70 with PHCS — 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
Humana Military TRCR $14.31 ↓ -97%
TriAtlantic TRICR $16.22 ↓ -97%
Health Net TRICR $17.17 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.64 ↓ -96%
United Mine Workers MCR $18.64 ↓ -96%
United VACCN $18.64 ↓ -96%
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $18.64 ↓ -96%
Magellan MCR $18.64 ↓ -96%
Devoted MCR $18.64 ↓ -96%
Humana MCR $18.64 ↓ -96%
Sentara Health MCR $18.64 ↓ -96%
United MGMCR $18.73 ↓ -96%
Aetna MGMCR $18.85 ↓ -96%
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $19.01 ↓ -96%
Anthem MGMCR $19.20 ↓ -96%
Evernorth Behavioral Health MCR $19.39 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $19.39 ↓ -96%
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $19.57 ↓ -96%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $19.94 ↓ -96%
Pyramid Life MGMCR $19.94 ↓ -96%
Anthem HIX $79.97 ↓ -84%
Anthem HMO $88.86 ↓ -83%
Anthem PPO $88.86 ↓ -83%
Lifeworks MCR $97.47 ↓ -81%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $112.86 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $171.34 ↓ -67%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $179.55 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $230.85 ↓ -55%
Aetna Broad $230.85 ↓ -55%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $307.80 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network WC $364.23 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $364.23 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $369.36 ↓ -28%
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $384.75 ↓ -25%
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $384.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCS $395.01 ↓ -23%
One Health Plan PPO $410.40 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan POS $410.40 ↓ -20%
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $410.40 ↓ -20%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $410.40 ↓ -20%
Community Care Network COMM $410.40 ↓ -20%
Patients Choice COMM $451.44 ↓ -12%
Star Transportation COMM $461.70 ↓ -10%
4Most COMM $461.70 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $461.70 ↓ -10%
PHCS COMM $461.70 ↓ -10%
Aetna SharedSavings not published by hospital
Optima Health PPO not published by hospital
Optima Health POS not published by hospital
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital

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Assay of salicylate at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $629.00 $16.22 – $27.03
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $172.00 $14.43 – $216.41
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $172.00 $14.43 – $216.41
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $172.00 $14.43 – $216.41
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $172.00 $14.43 – $216.41
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $172.00 $14.43 – $216.41
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $189.00 $16.22 – $19.94
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA $385.83 $18.64 – $75.68

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