Cytog alys chrml abnr lw-ps 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.

$919.84 with Humana Military vs $5,529.72 with Anthem — 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 $919.84
TriAtlantic TRICR $1,042.48
Health Net TRICR $1,103.81
United AllPayerAppendix $1,160.00
United Mine Workers MCR $1,197.94
Humana MCR $1,197.94
Devoted MCR $1,197.94
United VACCN $1,197.94
Sentara Health MCR $1,197.94
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $1,197.94
Magellan MCR $1,197.94
United MGMCR $1,203.93
Aetna MGMCR $1,211.60
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $1,221.90
Anthem MGMCR $1,233.88
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $1,245.86
Evernorth Behavioral Health MCR $1,245.86
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $1,257.84
Pyramid Life MGMCR $1,281.80
Align Senior Care MGMCR $1,281.80
Anthem HIX $4,976.40
Anthem HMO $5,529.72
Anthem PPO $5,529.72
Optima Health PPO not published by hospital
Aetna SharedSavings not published by hospital
Optima Health POS not published by hospital
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital

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Cytog alys chrml abnr lw-ps at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $1,042.48 – $1,737.01
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $1,042.48 – $5,186.36
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $1,042.48 – $1,281.80
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE not published $1,042.48 – $1,737.01
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL not published $1,042.48 – $4,980.09
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA not published $1,160.00 – $4,415.73
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg not published $1,160.00 – $4,689.43
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles not published $919.84 – $4,415.73

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