Carboprost tromethamine 250 mcg/ml intramuscular solution 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

$421.00

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$421.00

Gross charge

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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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$36.31 with United vs $378.90 with PHCS — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $36.31 ↓ -91%
United OptionsPPO $140.61 ↓ -67%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $147.35 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $174.72 ↓ -58%
Cigna HMO $174.72 ↓ -58%
Aetna Broad $189.45 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $189.45 ↓ -55%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $252.60 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network COMM $298.91 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network WC $298.91 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $303.12 ↓ -28%
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $315.75 ↓ -25%
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $315.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCS $324.17 ↓ -23%
One Health Plan PPO $336.80 ↓ -20%
Community Care Network COMM $336.80 ↓ -20%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $336.80 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan POS $336.80 ↓ -20%
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $336.80 ↓ -20%
Patients Choice COMM $370.48 ↓ -12%
Star Transportation COMM $378.90 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $378.90 ↓ -10%
4Most COMM $378.90 ↓ -10%
PHCS COMM $378.90 ↓ -10%

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Carboprost tromethamine 250 mcg/ml intramuscular solution at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $811.00 $36.31 – $36.31
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $1,465.00 $36.31 – $36.31
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $964.00 $36.31 – $36.31
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $2,705.00 $41.10 – $41.10
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $799.00 $36.31 – $36.31
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA $726.44 $36.31 – $36.31
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg $465.00 $36.31 – $36.31
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles $706.81 $36.31 – $36.31

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