Encephalitis, western equine igg/igm 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.

$10.13 with Humana Military vs $257.40 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 $10.13
TriAtlantic TRICR $11.47
Health Net TRICR $12.15
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $13.19
Humana MCR $13.19
United AllPayerAppendix $13.19
United VACCN $13.19
Sentara Health MCR $13.19
Devoted MCR $13.19
Magellan MCR $13.19
United Mine Workers MCR $13.19
United MGMCR $13.26
Aetna MGMCR $13.34
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $13.45
Anthem MGMCR $13.59
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $13.72
Evernorth Behavioral Health MCR $13.72
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $13.85
Pyramid Life MGMCR $14.11
Align Senior Care MGMCR $14.11
Lifeworks MCR $54.34
Anthem HIX $56.59
Anthem PPO $62.88
Anthem HMO $62.88
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $62.92
United OptionsPPO $95.52
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $100.10
Aetna Broad $128.70
United GlobalBenefitPlan $128.70
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $171.60
Virginia Health Network WC $203.06
Virginia Health Network COMM $203.06
CorVel WorkersComp $205.92
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $214.50
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $214.50
Multiplan PHCS $220.22
One Health Plan POS $228.80
Community Care Network COMM $228.80
One Health Plan PPO $228.80
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $228.80
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $228.80
Patients Choice COMM $251.68
Star Transportation COMM $257.40
4Most COMM $257.40
American Postal Workers Union COMM $257.40
PHCS COMM $257.40
Aetna SharedSavings not published by hospital
Optima Health POS not published by hospital
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital
Optima Health PPO not published by hospital

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Encephalitis, western equine igg/igm at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $414.00 $11.47 – $19.13
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $102.00 $13.19 – $128.34
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $102.00 $13.19 – $128.34
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $102.00 $13.19 – $128.34
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $102.00 $13.19 – $128.34
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $102.00 $13.19 – $128.34
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $11.47 – $58.97
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $11.47 – $14.11

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