Desmopressin 4 mcg/ml injection 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

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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.

$3.37 with Humana Military vs $189.90 with American Postal Workers Union — 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 $3.37
TriAtlantic TRICR $3.82
Health Net TRICR $4.04
United AllPayerAppendix $9.04
Aetna MGMCR $31.65
United OptionsPPO $70.47
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $73.85
Cigna PPO $87.56
Cigna HMO $87.56
Aetna Broad $94.95
United GlobalBenefitPlan $94.95
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $126.60
Virginia Health Network WC $149.81
Virginia Health Network COMM $149.81
CorVel WorkersComp $151.92
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $158.25
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $158.25
Multiplan PHCS $162.47
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $168.80
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $168.80
Community Care Network COMM $168.80
One Health Plan PPO $168.80
One Health Plan POS $168.80
Patients Choice COMM $185.68
Star Transportation COMM $189.90
PHCS COMM $189.90
4Most COMM $189.90
American Postal Workers Union COMM $189.90

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Desmopressin 4 mcg/ml injection solution at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $752.00 $3.82 – $9.04
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $18.53 $3.52 – $6.06
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $18.53 $3.52 – $6.06
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $18.53 $3.52 – $6.06
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $18.53 $3.52 – $6.06
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $18.53 $3.52 – $6.06
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $1,101.00 $3.82 – $9.04
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $178.00 $3.82 – $9.04

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