Bundled special stain group 2 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

$715.00

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.

$715.00

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.

$33.84 with United vs $643.50 with American Postal Workers Union — 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 $33.84 ↓ -95%
Lifeworks MCR $135.85 ↓ -81%
Anthem HIX $145.17 ↓ -80%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $157.30 ↓ -78%
Anthem PPO $161.32 ↓ -77%
Anthem HMO $161.32 ↓ -77%
United OptionsPPO $238.81 ↓ -67%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $250.25 ↓ -65%
Aetna Broad $321.75 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $321.75 ↓ -55%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $429.00 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network COMM $507.65 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network WC $507.65 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $514.80 ↓ -28%
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $536.25 ↓ -25%
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $536.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCS $550.55 ↓ -23%
One Health Plan PPO $572.00 ↓ -20%
Community Care Network COMM $572.00 ↓ -20%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $572.00 ↓ -20%
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $572.00 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan POS $572.00 ↓ -20%
Patients Choice COMM $629.20 ↓ -12%
Star Transportation COMM $643.50 ↓ -10%
PHCS COMM $643.50 ↓ -10%
4Most COMM $643.50 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $643.50 ↓ -10%
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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Bundled special stain group 2 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $167.50 $34.57 – $210.75
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $167.50 $34.57 – $210.75
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $167.50 $34.57 – $210.75
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $167.50 $34.57 – $210.75
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $167.50 $34.57 – $210.75
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $378.00 $33.84 – $300.84
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $378.00 $33.84 – $300.84
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA $701.49 $33.84 – $266.76

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