Hemoglobin methemoglobin quantitative 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

$25.00

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.

$25.00

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.

$4.75 with Lifeworks vs $39.09 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
Lifeworks MCR $4.75 ↓ -81%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.50 ↓ -78%
Humana Military TRCR $6.30 ↓ -75%
TriAtlantic TRICR $7.14 ↓ -71%
Health Net TRICR $7.56 ↓ -70%
Magellan MCR $8.20 ↓ -67%
Humana MCR $8.20 ↓ -67%
Devoted MCR $8.20 ↓ -67%
United VACCN $8.20 ↓ -67%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.20 ↓ -67%
Sentara Health MCR $8.20 ↓ -67%
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $8.20 ↓ -67%
United Mine Workers MCR $8.20 ↓ -67%
United MGMCR $8.24 ↓ -67%
Aetna MGMCR $8.29 ↓ -67%
United OptionsPPO $8.35 ↓ -67%
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $8.36 ↓ -67%
Anthem MGMCR $8.45 ↓ -66%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $8.53 ↓ -66%
Evernorth Behavioral Health MCR $8.53 ↓ -66%
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $8.61 ↓ -66%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $8.75 ↓ -65%
Pyramid Life MGMCR $8.77 ↓ -65%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $8.77 ↓ -65%
Aetna Broad $11.25 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $11.25 ↓ -55%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $15.00 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network WC $17.75 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $17.75 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $18.00 ↓ -28%
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $18.75 ↓ -25%
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $18.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCS $19.25 ↓ -23%
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $20.00 ↓ -20%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $20.00 ↓ -20%
Community Care Network COMM $20.00 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan PPO $20.00 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan POS $20.00 ↓ -20%
Patients Choice COMM $22.00 ↓ -12%
4Most COMM $22.50 ↓ -10%
PHCS COMM $22.50 ↓ -10%
Star Transportation COMM $22.50 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $22.50 ↓ -10%
Anthem HIX $35.18 ↑ +41%
Anthem HMO $39.09 ↑ +56%
Anthem PPO $39.09 ↑ +56%
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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Hemoglobin methemoglobin quantitative at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $21.00 $7.14 – $11.89
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $82.50 $6.47 – $103.80
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $82.50 $6.47 – $103.80
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $82.50 $6.47 – $103.80
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $82.50 $6.47 – $103.80
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $82.50 $6.47 – $103.80
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $477.00 $7.14 – $36.66
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $25.00 $7.14 – $8.77

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