Culture aerobic additional method definitive id each 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.

$6.20 with Humana Military vs $196.20 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 $6.20
TriAtlantic TRICR $7.03
Health Net TRICR $7.44
United AllPayerAppendix $8.08
United Mine Workers MCR $8.08
United VACCN $8.08
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $8.08
Magellan MCR $8.08
Devoted MCR $8.08
Humana MCR $8.08
Sentara Health MCR $8.08
United MGMCR $8.12
Aetna MGMCR $8.17
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $8.24
Anthem MGMCR $8.32
Evernorth Behavioral Health MCR $8.40
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $8.40
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $8.48
Align Senior Care MGMCR $8.65
Pyramid Life MGMCR $8.65
Anthem HIX $34.66
Anthem HMO $38.52
Anthem PPO $38.52
Lifeworks MCR $41.42
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $47.96
United OptionsPPO $72.81
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $76.30
United GlobalBenefitPlan $98.10
Aetna Broad $98.10
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $130.80
Virginia Health Network WC $154.78
Virginia Health Network COMM $154.78
CorVel WorkersComp $156.96
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $163.50
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $163.50
Multiplan PHCS $167.86
One Health Plan PPO $174.40
One Health Plan POS $174.40
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $174.40
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $174.40
Community Care Network COMM $174.40
Patients Choice COMM $191.84
Star Transportation COMM $196.20
4Most COMM $196.20
American Postal Workers Union COMM $196.20
PHCS COMM $196.20
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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Culture aerobic additional method definitive id each at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $76.00 $8.08 – $95.62
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $76.00 $8.08 – $95.62
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $76.00 $8.08 – $95.62
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $76.00 $8.08 – $95.62
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $76.00 $8.08 – $95.62
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles $130.58 $6.20 – $45.84
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $7.03 – $11.72
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $7.03 – $36.13

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