Stomach Emptying Scan (Nuclear Medicine) 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

$9,017.00

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.

$9,017.00

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.

$163.72 with Anthem vs $8,115.30 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 $163.72 ↓ -98%
Anthem PPO $181.84 ↓ -98%
Anthem HMO $181.84 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -91%
Cigna NPR $1,568.96 ↓ -83%
Lifeworks MCR $1,713.23 ↓ -81%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $1,983.74 ↓ -78%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $3,155.95 ↓ -65%
United OptionsPPO $3,291.20 ↓ -64%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,057.65 ↓ -55%
Naphcare Federal $4,508.50 ↓ -50%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $5,410.20 ↓ -40%
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $6,311.90 ↓ -30%
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $6,311.90 ↓ -30%
Virginia Health Network WC $6,402.07 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $6,402.07 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $6,492.24 ↓ -28%
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $6,762.75 ↓ -25%
Community Care Network COMM $6,762.75 ↓ -25%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $7,213.60 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan PPO $7,213.60 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan POS $7,213.60 ↓ -20%
CSX Hotels Product $7,213.60 ↓ -20%
Patients Choice COMM $7,934.96 ↓ -12%
Multiplan PHCS $8,115.30 ↓ -10%
PHCS COMM $8,115.30 ↓ -10%
Star Transportation COMM $8,115.30 ↓ -10%
C&O Employees Hospital Assn COMM $8,115.30 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $8,115.30 ↓ -10%
4Most COMM $8,115.30 ↓ -10%
Alleghany Highland Community COMM $8,115.30 ↓ -10%

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Stomach Emptying Scan (Nuclear Medicine) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,274.00 $401.83 – $1,679.13
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,274.00 $401.83 – $1,679.13
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,274.00 $401.83 – $1,679.13
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,274.00 $401.83 – $1,679.13
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,274.00 $401.83 – $1,679.13
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $452.25 $135.23 – $850.31
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $452.25 $219.31 – $850.31
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $917.50 $397.85 – $409.55

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