I131 iodide cap, rx 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

$242.00

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.

$242.00

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.

$45.98 with Lifeworks vs $217.80 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
Lifeworks MCR $45.98 ↓ -81%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $53.24 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $63.79 ↓ -74%
United OptionsPPO $80.83 ↓ -67%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $84.70 ↓ -65%
Aetna SharedSavings $87.12 ↓ -64%
Cigna PPO $100.43 ↓ -59%
Cigna HMO $100.43 ↓ -59%
Aetna Broad $108.90 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $108.90 ↓ -55%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $145.20 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network COMM $171.82 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network WC $171.82 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $174.24 ↓ -28%
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $181.50 ↓ -25%
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $181.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCS $186.34 ↓ -23%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $193.60 ↓ -20%
Community Care Network COMM $193.60 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan PPO $193.60 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan POS $193.60 ↓ -20%
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $193.60 ↓ -20%
Patients Choice COMM $212.96 ↓ -12%
Star Transportation COMM $217.80 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $217.80 ↓ -10%
4Most COMM $217.80 ↓ -10%
PHCS COMM $217.80 ↓ -10%

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I131 iodide cap, rx at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $513.00 $63.79 – $63.79
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $123.00 $63.79 – $85.46
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $279.00 $63.79 – $63.79
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $120.00 $72.21 – $72.21
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $123.00 $63.79 – $85.46
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA $234.89 $63.79 – $74.06
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg $247.32 $63.79 – $85.46
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles $213.44 $63.79 – $74.06

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