Hemoglobin thermolabile 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.

$6.91 with Humana Military vs $42.90 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 $6.91
TriAtlantic TRICR $7.83
Health Net TRICR $8.29
United Mine Workers MCR $9.00
Humana MCR $9.00
Devoted MCR $9.00
United VACCN $9.00
United AllPayerAppendix $9.00
Sentara Health MCR $9.00
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $9.00
Magellan MCR $9.00
United MGMCR $9.04
Aetna MGMCR $9.10
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $9.18
Anthem MGMCR $9.27
Evernorth Behavioral Health MCR $9.36
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $9.36
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $9.45
Align Senior Care MGMCR $9.63
Pyramid Life MGMCR $9.63
Anthem HIX $38.61
Anthem PPO $42.90
Anthem HMO $42.90
Optima Health POS not published by hospital
Optima Health PPO not published by hospital
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital
Aetna SharedSavings not published by hospital

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Hemoglobin thermolabile at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $7.83 – $13.05
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $7.83 – $40.24
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $7.83 – $9.63
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE not published $7.83 – $13.05
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL not published $7.83 – $38.63
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA not published $9.00 – $39.06
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg not published $8.93 – $36.37
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles not published $6.91 – $39.06

All Virginia hospitals for this procedure →