Ghs fish cytogen 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.

$16.45 with Humana Military vs $578.70 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 $16.45
TriAtlantic TRICR $18.64
Health Net TRICR $19.74
United AllPayerAppendix $21.42
United Mine Workers MCR $21.42
United VACCN $21.42
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $21.42
Magellan MCR $21.42
Devoted MCR $21.42
Humana MCR $21.42
Sentara Health MCR $21.42
United MGMCR $21.53
Aetna MGMCR $21.66
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $21.85
Anthem MGMCR $22.06
Evernorth Behavioral Health MCR $22.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $22.28
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $22.49
Align Senior Care MGMCR $22.92
Pyramid Life MGMCR $22.92
Anthem HIX $91.89
Anthem HMO $102.11
Anthem PPO $102.11
Lifeworks MCR $122.17
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $141.46
United OptionsPPO $214.76
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $225.05
United GlobalBenefitPlan $289.35
Aetna Broad $289.35
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $385.80
Virginia Health Network WC $456.53
Virginia Health Network COMM $456.53
CorVel WorkersComp $462.96
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $482.25
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $482.25
Multiplan PHCS $495.11
One Health Plan PPO $514.40
One Health Plan POS $514.40
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $514.40
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $514.40
Community Care Network COMM $514.40
Patients Choice COMM $565.84
Star Transportation COMM $578.70
4Most COMM $578.70
American Postal Workers Union COMM $578.70
PHCS COMM $578.70
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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Ghs fish cytogen at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $198.50 $21.42 – $249.75
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $198.50 $21.42 – $249.75
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $198.50 $21.42 – $249.75
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $198.50 $21.42 – $249.75
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $198.50 $21.42 – $249.75
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $681.00 $18.64 – $22.92
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $18.64 – $31.06
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $18.64 – $95.77

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