Protein total body fluid 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.

$3.07 with Humana Military vs $317.70 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
Humana Military TRCR $3.07
TriAtlantic TRICR $3.48
Health Net TRICR $3.69
United AllPayerAppendix $4.00
United Mine Workers MCR $4.00
United VACCN $4.00
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $4.00
Magellan MCR $4.00
Devoted MCR $4.00
Humana MCR $4.00
Sentara Health MCR $4.00
United MGMCR $4.02
Aetna MGMCR $4.05
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $4.08
Anthem MGMCR $4.12
Evernorth Behavioral Health MCR $4.16
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $4.16
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $4.20
Align Senior Care MGMCR $4.28
Pyramid Life MGMCR $4.28
Anthem HIX $17.16
Anthem HMO $19.07
Anthem PPO $19.07
Lifeworks MCR $67.07
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $77.66
United OptionsPPO $117.90
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $123.55
United GlobalBenefitPlan $158.85
Aetna Broad $158.85
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $211.80
Virginia Health Network WC $250.63
Virginia Health Network COMM $250.63
CorVel WorkersComp $254.16
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $264.75
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $264.75
Multiplan PHCS $271.81
One Health Plan PPO $282.40
One Health Plan POS $282.40
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $282.40
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $282.40
Community Care Network COMM $282.40
Patients Choice COMM $310.64
Star Transportation COMM $317.70
4Most COMM $317.70
American Postal Workers Union COMM $317.70
PHCS COMM $317.70
Aetna SharedSavings not published by hospital
Optima Health PPO not published by hospital
Optima Health POS not published by hospital
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital

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Protein total body fluid at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $53.00 $4.00 – $66.68
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $53.00 $4.00 – $66.68
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $53.00 $4.00 – $66.68
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $53.00 $4.00 – $66.68
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $53.00 $4.00 – $66.68
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $3.48 – $5.80
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $3.48 – $17.88
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $3.48 – $4.28

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