Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) 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

$228.00

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.

$228.00

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.

$8.62 with TriAtlantic vs $228.00 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
TriAtlantic TRICR $8.62 ↓ -96%
Health Net TRICR $9.13 ↓ -96%
Humana Military TRCR $9.84 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.45 ↓ -89%
Aetna MGMCR $34.20 ↓ -85%
Cigna NPR $39.67 ↓ -83%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $79.80 ↓ -65%
United OptionsPPO $83.22 ↓ -64%
Cigna HMO $91.43 ↓ -60%
Cigna PPO $100.32 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $102.60 ↓ -55%
Naphcare Federal $114.00 ↓ -50%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $136.80 ↓ -40%
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $159.60 ↓ -30%
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $159.60 ↓ -30%
Virginia Health Network WC $161.88 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $161.88 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $164.16 ↓ -28%
Community Care Network COMM $171.00 ↓ -25%
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $171.00 ↓ -25%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $182.40 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan POS $182.40 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan PPO $182.40 ↓ -20%
CSX Hotels Product $182.40 ↓ -20%
Patients Choice COMM $200.64 ↓ -12%
Star Transportation COMM $205.20 ↓ -10%
Multiplan PHCS $205.20 ↓ -10%
PHCS COMM $205.20 ↓ -10%
4Most COMM $205.20 ↓ -10%
Alleghany Highland Community COMM $205.20 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $205.20 ↓ -10%
C&O Employees Hospital Assn COMM $205.20 ↓ -10%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $228.00 ↑ +0%

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Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $20.30 $10.18 – $29.18
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $20.30 $10.18 – $29.18
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $20.30 $10.18 – $29.18
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $20.30 $10.18 – $29.18
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $20.30 $10.18 – $29.18
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $157.00 $7.61 – $21.60
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $275.00 $8.62 – $21.60
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA $105.14 $9.23 – $24.44

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