Small Bowel Barium X-ray (Follow-Through) 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

$2,036.00

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.

$2,036.00

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.

$171.16 with Anthem vs $1,832.40 with Alleghany Highland Community — 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
Anthem HIX $171.16 ↓ -92%
Anthem HMO $190.10 ↓ -91%
Anthem PPO $190.10 ↓ -91%
Cigna NPR $354.26 ↓ -83%
Lifeworks MCR $386.84 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -80%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $447.92 ↓ -78%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $712.60 ↓ -65%
United OptionsPPO $743.14 ↓ -64%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $916.20 ↓ -55%
Naphcare Federal $1,018.00 ↓ -50%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $1,221.60 ↓ -40%
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $1,425.20 ↓ -30%
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $1,425.20 ↓ -30%
Virginia Health Network WC $1,445.56 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $1,445.56 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $1,465.92 ↓ -28%
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $1,527.00 ↓ -25%
Community Care Network COMM $1,527.00 ↓ -25%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $1,628.80 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan PPO $1,628.80 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan POS $1,628.80 ↓ -20%
CSX Hotels Product $1,628.80 ↓ -20%
Patients Choice COMM $1,791.68 ↓ -12%
Multiplan PHCS $1,832.40 ↓ -10%
PHCS COMM $1,832.40 ↓ -10%
Star Transportation COMM $1,832.40 ↓ -10%
C&O Employees Hospital Assn COMM $1,832.40 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $1,832.40 ↓ -10%
4Most COMM $1,832.40 ↓ -10%
Alleghany Highland Community COMM $1,832.40 ↓ -10%

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Small Bowel Barium X-ray (Follow-Through) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $575.00 $167.33 – $757.85
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $575.00 $167.33 – $757.85
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $575.00 $167.33 – $757.85
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $575.00 $167.33 – $757.85
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $575.00 $167.33 – $757.85
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $69.30 $42.72 – $373.08
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $69.30 $75.29 – $373.08
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $407.50 $174.56 – $179.69

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