Milrinone 20 mg/100 ml(200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggybk 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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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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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.

$1.18 with Humana Military vs $176.40 with American Postal Workers Union — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $1.18
TriAtlantic TRICR $1.33
Health Net TRICR $1.41
United AllPayerAppendix $3.58
Aetna MGMCR $29.40
United OptionsPPO $65.46
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $68.60
Cigna PPO $81.34
Cigna HMO $81.34
Aetna Broad $88.20
United GlobalBenefitPlan $88.20
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $117.60
Virginia Health Network WC $139.16
Virginia Health Network COMM $139.16
CorVel WorkersComp $141.12
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $147.00
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $147.00
Multiplan PHCS $150.92
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $156.80
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $156.80
Community Care Network COMM $156.80
One Health Plan PPO $156.80
One Health Plan POS $156.80
Patients Choice COMM $172.48
Star Transportation COMM $176.40
PHCS COMM $176.40
4Most COMM $176.40
American Postal Workers Union COMM $176.40

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Milrinone 20 mg/100 ml(200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggybk at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $82.00 $1.33 – $3.58
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $33.31 $2.03 – $6.93
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $33.31 $2.03 – $6.93
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $33.31 $2.03 – $6.93
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $33.31 $2.03 – $6.93
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $33.31 $2.03 – $6.93
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $181.00 $1.33 – $3.58
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $1.33 – $3.58

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