Collection of venous blood by venipuncture 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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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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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.

$3.00 with United vs $2,550.00 with Lifeworks — 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

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 $3.00
Humana Military TRCR $6.82
TriAtlantic TRICR $7.73
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $7.92
Health Net TRICR $8.18
Magellan MCR $9.34
Humana MCR $9.34
Devoted MCR $9.34
United VACCN $9.34
Sentara Health MCR $9.34
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $9.34
United Mine Workers MCR $9.34
United MGMCR $9.39
Aetna MGMCR $9.45
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $9.53
Anthem MGMCR $9.62
Evernorth Behavioral Health MCR $9.71
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $9.71
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $9.81
Pyramid Life MGMCR $9.99
Align Senior Care MGMCR $9.99
United OptionsPPO $12.02
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $12.60
Anthem HIX $12.87
Aetna SharedSavings $12.96
Anthem PPO $14.30
Anthem HMO $14.30
United GlobalBenefitPlan $16.20
Aetna Broad $16.20
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $21.60
Virginia Health Network COMM $25.56
Virginia Health Network WC $25.56
CorVel WorkersComp $25.92
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $27.00
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $27.00
Multiplan PHCS $27.72
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $28.80
One Health Plan PPO $28.80
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $28.80
One Health Plan POS $28.80
Community Care Network COMM $28.80
Patients Choice COMM $31.68
Star Transportation COMM $32.40
4Most COMM $32.40
American Postal Workers Union COMM $32.40
PHCS COMM $32.40
Lifeworks MCR $2,550.00

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Collection of venous blood by venipuncture at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $81.00 $3.00 – $12.80
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $10.50 $3.00 – $13.59
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $10.50 $3.00 – $13.59
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $10.50 $3.00 – $13.59
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $10.50 $3.00 – $13.59
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $10.50 $3.00 – $13.59
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $9.00 $3.00 – $37.91
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $82.00 $3.00 – $9.99

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