Interferon alfa-2b inj 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

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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.

$39.09 with United vs $560.00 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
United AllPayerAppendix $39.09
Aetna MGMCR $84.00
Cigna NPR $97.44
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $196.00
United OptionsPPO $204.40
Cigna HMO $224.56
Cigna PPO $246.40
United GlobalBenefitPlan $252.00
Naphcare Federal $280.00
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $336.00
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $392.00
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $392.00
Virginia Health Network WC $397.60
Virginia Health Network COMM $397.60
CorVel WorkersComp $403.20
Community Care Network COMM $420.00
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $420.00
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $448.00
One Health Plan POS $448.00
One Health Plan PPO $448.00
CSX Hotels Product $448.00
Patients Choice COMM $492.80
Star Transportation COMM $504.00
Multiplan PHCS $504.00
PHCS COMM $504.00
4Most COMM $504.00
Alleghany Highland Community COMM $504.00
American Postal Workers Union COMM $504.00
C&O Employees Hospital Assn COMM $504.00
United Behavioral Health VACCN $560.00

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Interferon alfa-2b inj at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $162.00 $34.53 – $34.53
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $34.53 – $34.53
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $32.92 – $34.53
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $34.53 – $34.53
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL not published $32.92 – $34.53
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA not published $28.53 – $34.53
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg not published $32.92 – $34.53
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles not published $28.53 – $34.53

All Virginia hospitals for this procedure →