Carbon dioxide 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.

$3.75 with Humana Military vs $283.50 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 $3.75
TriAtlantic TRICR $4.25
Health Net TRICR $4.50
United AllPayerAppendix $4.88
United Mine Workers MCR $4.88
United VACCN $4.88
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $4.88
Magellan MCR $4.88
Devoted MCR $4.88
Humana MCR $4.88
Sentara Health MCR $4.88
United MGMCR $4.90
Aetna MGMCR $4.94
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $4.98
Anthem MGMCR $5.03
Evernorth Behavioral Health MCR $5.08
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $5.08
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $5.12
Align Senior Care MGMCR $5.22
Pyramid Life MGMCR $5.22
Anthem HIX $20.94
Anthem HMO $23.26
Anthem PPO $23.26
Lifeworks MCR $59.85
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $69.30
United OptionsPPO $105.21
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $110.25
United GlobalBenefitPlan $141.75
Aetna Broad $141.75
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $189.00
Virginia Health Network WC $223.65
Virginia Health Network COMM $223.65
CorVel WorkersComp $226.80
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $236.25
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $236.25
Multiplan PHCS $242.55
One Health Plan PPO $252.00
One Health Plan POS $252.00
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $252.00
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $252.00
Community Care Network COMM $252.00
Patients Choice COMM $277.20
Star Transportation COMM $283.50
4Most COMM $283.50
American Postal Workers Union COMM $283.50
PHCS COMM $283.50
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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Carbon dioxide at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $135.00 $4.25 – $7.08
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $55.00 $4.88 – $69.20
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $55.00 $4.88 – $69.20
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $55.00 $4.88 – $69.20
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $55.00 $4.88 – $69.20
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $55.00 $4.88 – $69.20
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $199.00 $4.25 – $21.82
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $193.00 $4.25 – $5.22

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