Sumatriptan 6 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous 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.

$93.75 with Aetna vs $562.50 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
Aetna MGMCR $93.75
Lifeworks MCR $118.75
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $137.50
United OptionsPPO $208.75
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $218.75
Aetna SharedSavings $225.00
Cigna HMO $259.38
Cigna PPO $259.38
United GlobalBenefitPlan $281.25
Aetna Broad $281.25
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $375.00
Virginia Health Network WC $443.75
Virginia Health Network COMM $443.75
CorVel WorkersComp $450.00
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $468.75
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $468.75
Multiplan PHCS $481.25
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $500.00
Community Care Network COMM $500.00
One Health Plan PPO $500.00
One Health Plan POS $500.00
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $500.00
United AllPayerAppendix $502.18
Patients Choice COMM $550.00
Star Transportation COMM $562.50
4Most COMM $562.50
American Postal Workers Union COMM $562.50
PHCS COMM $562.50

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Sumatriptan 6 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous solution at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $25.13 $25.92 – $270.20
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $25.13 $25.92 – $270.20
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $25.13 $25.92 – $270.20
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $25.13 $25.92 – $270.20
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $25.13 $25.92 – $270.20
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA $962.94 $34.34 – $502.18
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg $584.28 $39.63 – $502.18
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles $919.79 $34.34 – $502.18

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