F-18 fdg pet diag at LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER

1423 W RURITAN RD, ROANOKE, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1619914785

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 7, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,692.00

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.

$1,692.00

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.

$253.80 with Aetna vs $1,692.00 with United Behavioral Health — 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 $253.80 ↓ -85%
Cigna NPR $294.41 ↓ -83%
Lifeworks MCR $321.48 ↓ -81%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $372.24 ↓ -78%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $592.20 ↓ -65%
Aetna SharedSavings $609.12 ↓ -64%
Greenbrier Sporting Club COMM $614.87 ↓ -64%
United OptionsPPO $617.58 ↓ -64%
Cigna HMO $678.49 ↓ -60%
Cigna PPO $744.48 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $761.40 ↓ -55%
Naphcare Federal $846.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna Broad $896.76 ↓ -47%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $1,015.20 ↓ -40%
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $1,184.40 ↓ -30%
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $1,184.40 ↓ -30%
Virginia Health Network WC $1,201.32 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $1,201.32 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $1,218.24 ↓ -28%
Community Care Network COMM $1,269.00 ↓ -25%
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $1,269.00 ↓ -25%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,293.63 ↓ -24%
One Health Plan PPO $1,353.60 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan POS $1,353.60 ↓ -20%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $1,353.60 ↓ -20%
CSX Hotels Product $1,353.60 ↓ -20%
Patients Choice COMM $1,488.96 ↓ -12%
Star Transportation COMM $1,522.80 ↓ -10%
Multiplan PHCS $1,522.80 ↓ -10%
PHCS COMM $1,522.80 ↓ -10%
4Most COMM $1,522.80 ↓ -10%
Alleghany Highland Community COMM $1,522.80 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $1,522.80 ↓ -10%
C&O Employees Hospital Assn COMM $1,522.80 ↓ -10%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $1,692.00 ↑ +0%

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F-18 fdg pet diag at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $2,221.00 $1,142.71 – $1,142.71
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $2,222.00 $1,142.71 – $1,142.71
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $2,222.00 $1,142.71 – $1,142.71
HENRICO DOCTORS HOSPITAL RICHMOND $2,222.00 $1,142.71 – $1,142.71
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $1,142.71 – $1,142.71
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $1,142.71 – $1,142.71
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA not published $1,142.71 – $1,142.71
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg not published $1,142.71 – $1,142.71

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