Smear gram stain at LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI
2400 Lee Hwy, PULASKI, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1205882396
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Cash price 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 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.
$3.28 with Humana Military vs $147.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Humana Military | TRCR | $3.28 | — |
| TriAtlantic | TRICR | $3.71 | — |
| Health Net | TRICR | $3.93 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $4.27 | — |
| United Mine Workers | MCR | $4.27 | — |
| United | VACCN | $4.27 | — |
| Good Samaritan Hospice | COMM | $4.27 | — |
| Magellan | MCR | $4.27 | — |
| Devoted | MCR | $4.27 | — |
| Humana | MCR | $4.27 | — |
| Sentara Health | MCR | $4.27 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $4.29 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCR | $4.32 | — |
| Virginia Premier Health | MGMCR | $4.36 | — |
| Anthem | MGMCR | $4.40 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | MCR | $4.44 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCR | $4.44 | — |
| Clear Spring Health Plan | MCR | $4.48 | — |
| Align Senior Care | MGMCR | $4.57 | — |
| Pyramid Life | MGMCR | $4.57 | — |
| Anthem | HIX | $18.32 | — |
| Anthem | HMO | $20.36 | — |
| Anthem | PPO | $20.36 | — |
| Lifeworks | MCR | $31.16 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $36.08 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $54.78 | — |
| Virginia Health Network | ULTRA | $57.40 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $73.80 | — |
| Aetna | Broad | $73.80 | — |
| Greenvbrier Sporting Club | COMM | $98.40 | — |
| Virginia Health Network | WC | $116.44 | — |
| Virginia Health Network | COMM | $116.44 | — |
| CorVel | WorkersComp | $118.08 | — |
| Richfield Nursing Center | COMM | $123.00 | — |
| Richfield Retirement Community | COMM | $123.00 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCS | $126.28 | — |
| One Health Plan | PPO | $131.20 | — |
| One Health Plan | POS | $131.20 | — |
| Graham-White Manufacturing | COMM | $131.20 | — |
| OccuNet Workers Comp | WorkersComp | $131.20 | — |
| Community Care Network | COMM | $131.20 | — |
| Patients Choice | COMM | $144.32 | — |
| Star Transportation | COMM | $147.60 | — |
| 4Most | COMM | $147.60 | — |
| American Postal Workers Union | COMM | $147.60 | — |
| PHCS | COMM | $147.60 | — |
| 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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Smear gram stain at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $69.00 | $4.27 – $86.82 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $69.00 | $4.27 – $86.82 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $69.00 | $4.27 – $86.82 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $69.00 | $4.27 – $86.82 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $69.00 | $4.27 – $86.82 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | not published | $3.71 – $6.19 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | not published | $3.71 – $19.09 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | not published | $3.71 – $4.57 |