IV Fluids (each additional hour) at LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER

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

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$37.93 with Cigna vs $196.20 with Star Transportation — 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
Cigna NPR $37.93 —
Lifeworks MCR $41.42 —
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $47.96 —
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $76.30 —
Aetna SharedSavings $78.48 —
Greenbrier Sporting Club COMM $79.22 —
United OptionsPPO $79.57 —
Cigna HMO $87.42 —
Cigna PPO $95.92 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $98.10 —
Naphcare Federal $109.00 —
Aetna Broad $115.54 —
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $130.80 —
United AllPayerAppendix $143.52 —
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $152.60 —
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $152.60 —
Virginia Health Network COMM $154.78 —
Virginia Health Network WC $154.78 —
CorVel WorkersComp $156.96 —
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $163.50 —
Community Care Network COMM $163.50 —
One Health Plan POS $174.40 —
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $174.40 —
One Health Plan PPO $174.40 —
CSX Hotels Product $174.40 —
Patients Choice COMM $191.84 —
Multiplan PHCS $196.20 —
Alleghany Highland Community COMM $196.20 —
American Postal Workers Union COMM $196.20 —
C&O Employees Hospital Assn COMM $196.20 —
4Most COMM $196.20 —
PHCS COMM $196.20 —
Star Transportation COMM $196.20 —

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IV Fluids (each additional hour) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $115.50 $46.14 – $177.99
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $115.50 $46.14 – $177.99
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $115.50 $46.14 – $177.99
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $115.50 $46.14 – $177.99
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $115.50 $46.14 – $177.99
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $27.60 $14.70 – $652.33
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $27.60 $14.70 – $652.33
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $107.00 $46.60 – $47.97

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