Meropenem 1 gram intravenous solution 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.

$0.32 with Humana Military vs $140.40 with American Postal Workers Union — 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 $0.32
TriAtlantic TRICR $0.37
Health Net TRICR $0.39
United AllPayerAppendix $1.01
Aetna MGMCR $23.40
United OptionsPPO $52.10
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $54.60
Cigna PPO $64.74
Cigna HMO $64.74
Aetna Broad $70.20
United GlobalBenefitPlan $70.20
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $93.60
Virginia Health Network WC $110.76
Virginia Health Network COMM $110.76
CorVel WorkersComp $112.32
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $117.00
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $117.00
Multiplan PHCS $120.12
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $124.80
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $124.80
Community Care Network COMM $124.80
One Health Plan PPO $124.80
One Health Plan POS $124.80
Patients Choice COMM $137.28
Star Transportation COMM $140.40
PHCS COMM $140.40
4Most COMM $140.40
American Postal Workers Union COMM $140.40

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Meropenem 1 gram intravenous solution at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $7.87 $0.59 – $3.71
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $7.87 $0.59 – $3.71
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $7.87 $0.59 – $3.71
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $7.87 $0.59 – $3.71
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $7.87 $0.59 – $3.71
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $0.37 – $1.01
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $0.37 – $1.01
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $0.37 – $1.01

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