Warde 3708165 mercury urine 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.

$12.49 with Humana Military vs $484.20 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 $12.49
TriAtlantic TRICR $14.15
Health Net TRICR $14.98
United AllPayerAppendix $16.26
United Mine Workers MCR $16.26
United VACCN $16.26
Good Samaritan Hospice COMM $16.26
Magellan MCR $16.26
Devoted MCR $16.26
Humana MCR $16.26
Sentara Health MCR $16.26
United MGMCR $16.34
Aetna MGMCR $16.45
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $16.59
Anthem MGMCR $16.75
Evernorth Behavioral Health MCR $16.91
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $16.91
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $17.07
Align Senior Care MGMCR $17.40
Pyramid Life MGMCR $17.40
Anthem HIX $69.76
Anthem HMO $77.51
Anthem PPO $77.51
Lifeworks MCR $102.22
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $118.36
United OptionsPPO $179.69
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $188.30
United GlobalBenefitPlan $242.10
Aetna Broad $242.10
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $322.80
Virginia Health Network WC $381.98
Virginia Health Network COMM $381.98
CorVel WorkersComp $387.36
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $403.50
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $403.50
Multiplan PHCS $414.26
One Health Plan PPO $430.40
One Health Plan POS $430.40
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $430.40
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $430.40
Community Care Network COMM $430.40
Patients Choice COMM $473.44
Star Transportation COMM $484.20
4Most COMM $484.20
American Postal Workers Union COMM $484.20
PHCS COMM $484.20
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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Warde 3708165 mercury urine at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $114.00 $14.43 – $143.43
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $114.00 $14.43 – $143.43
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $114.00 $14.43 – $143.43
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $114.00 $14.43 – $143.43
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $114.00 $14.43 – $143.43
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $624.00 $14.15 – $69.80
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA $631.44 $16.26 – $92.24
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles $631.16 $12.49 – $92.24

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