Protein total serum plasma whole blood 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

$252.00

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.

$252.00

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.

$2.82 with Humana Military vs $226.80 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
Humana Military TRCR $2.82 ↓ -99%
TriAtlantic TRICR $3.20 ↓ -99%
Health Net TRICR $3.38 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.67 ↓ -99%
United Mine Workers MCR $3.67 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $3.67 ↓ -99%
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $3.67 ↓ -99%
Magellan MCR $3.67 ↓ -99%
Devoted MCR $3.67 ↓ -99%
Humana MCR $3.67 ↓ -99%
Sentara Health MCR $3.67 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $3.69 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCR $3.71 ↓ -99%
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $3.74 ↓ -99%
Anthem MGMCR $3.78 ↓ -99%
Evernorth Behavioral Health MCR $3.82 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $3.82 ↓ -98%
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $3.85 ↓ -98%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $3.93 ↓ -98%
Pyramid Life MGMCR $3.93 ↓ -98%
Anthem HIX $15.74 ↓ -94%
Anthem HMO $17.49 ↓ -93%
Anthem PPO $17.49 ↓ -93%
Lifeworks MCR $47.88 ↓ -81%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $55.44 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $84.17 ↓ -67%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $88.20 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $113.40 ↓ -55%
Aetna Broad $113.40 ↓ -55%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $151.20 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network WC $178.92 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $178.92 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $181.44 ↓ -28%
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $189.00 ↓ -25%
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $189.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCS $194.04 ↓ -23%
One Health Plan PPO $201.60 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan POS $201.60 ↓ -20%
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $201.60 ↓ -20%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $201.60 ↓ -20%
Community Care Network COMM $201.60 ↓ -20%
Patients Choice COMM $221.76 ↓ -12%
Star Transportation COMM $226.80 ↓ -10%
4Most COMM $226.80 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $226.80 ↓ -10%
PHCS COMM $226.80 ↓ -10%
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 serum plasma whole blood at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $380.00 $3.20 – $5.32
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $68.50 $3.67 – $86.19
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $68.50 $3.67 – $86.19
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $68.50 $3.67 – $86.19
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $68.50 $3.67 – $86.19
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $68.50 $3.67 – $86.19
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $199.00 $3.20 – $16.41
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $222.00 $3.20 – $3.93

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