Braf gene 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

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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.

$175.40 with Sentara Health vs $1,288.80 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
Sentara Health MCR $175.40
Magellan MCR $175.40
Devoted MCR $175.40
Humana MCR $175.40
United Mine Workers MCR $175.40
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $175.40
United AllPayerAppendix $175.40
United VACCN $175.40
United MGMCR $176.28
Aetna MGMCR $177.40
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $178.91
Anthem MGMCR $180.66
Evernorth Behavioral Health MCR $182.42
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $182.42
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $184.17
Pyramid Life MGMCR $187.68
Align Senior Care MGMCR $187.68
Lifeworks MCR $272.08
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $315.04
United OptionsPPO $478.29
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $501.20
United GlobalBenefitPlan $644.40
Aetna Broad $644.40
Anthem HIX $752.47
Anthem HMO $836.13
Anthem PPO $836.13
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $859.20
Virginia Health Network COMM $1,016.72
Virginia Health Network WC $1,016.72
CorVel WorkersComp $1,031.04
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $1,074.00
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $1,074.00
Multiplan PHCS $1,102.64
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $1,145.60
One Health Plan PPO $1,145.60
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $1,145.60
Community Care Network COMM $1,145.60
One Health Plan POS $1,145.60
Patients Choice COMM $1,260.16
Star Transportation COMM $1,288.80
4Most COMM $1,288.80
American Postal Workers Union COMM $1,288.80
PHCS COMM $1,288.80
Optima Health POS not published by hospital
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital
Optima Health PPO not published by hospital
Aetna SharedSavings not published by hospital

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Braf gene at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $730.00 $175.40 – $254.33
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $421.00 $175.40 – $529.70
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $421.00 $175.40 – $529.70
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $421.00 $175.40 – $529.70
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $421.00 $175.40 – $529.70
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $421.00 $175.40 – $529.70
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $732.00 $175.40 – $784.21
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $810.00 $175.40 – $187.68

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