Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution at HENRICO DOCTORS HOSPITAL

1602 SKIPWITH ROAD, RICHMOND, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1194762294

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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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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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.

$0.75 with Aetna vs $21.25 with UNITED — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $0.75
United OptionsPPO $1.04
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $1.75
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2.25
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $3.00
Virginia Health Network COMM $3.25
Virginia Health Network WC $3.25
CorVel WorkersComp $3.60
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $4.00
4Most Health Nework COMM $4.50
Multiplan PHCS $4.50
United Behavioral Health VACCN $5.00
TriAtlantic TRICR $6.93
Health Net TRICR $7.34
Humana Military TRCR $7.91
Johns Hopkins UniformedServicesFamilyHealthPlan $8.15
Cigna IFP $8.56
Cigna PPO $12.55
Cigna HMO $12.55
UNITED AllPayerAppendix $21.25
UNITED SmallBusiness $21.25
UNITED NewBusiness $21.25
UNITED NavigateCorePayer $21.25

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Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $23.67 $9.89 – $33.27
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $23.67 $9.89 – $33.27
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $23.67 $9.89 – $33.27
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $23.67 $9.89 – $33.27
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $23.67 $9.89 – $33.27
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $608.00 $6.93 – $21.25
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $6.93 – $21.25
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $6.11 – $21.25

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