Ultrasound Guidance for a Needle Procedure 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

$3,373.00

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.

$3,373.00

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.

$144.24 with Anthem vs $3,373.00 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
Anthem HIX $144.24 ↓ -96%
Anthem HMO $160.21 ↓ -95%
Anthem PPO $160.21 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCR $505.95 ↓ -85%
Cigna NPR $586.90 ↓ -83%
Lifeworks MCR $640.87 ↓ -81%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $742.06 ↓ -78%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $1,180.55 ↓ -65%
United OptionsPPO $1,231.14 ↓ -64%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,517.85 ↓ -55%
Naphcare Federal $1,686.50 ↓ -50%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $2,023.80 ↓ -40%
Graham-White Manufacturing COMM $2,361.10 ↓ -30%
Richfield Nursing Center COMM $2,361.10 ↓ -30%
Virginia Health Network WC $2,394.83 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $2,394.83 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $2,428.56 ↓ -28%
Richfield Retirement Community COMM $2,529.75 ↓ -25%
Community Care Network COMM $2,529.75 ↓ -25%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $2,698.40 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan POS $2,698.40 ↓ -20%
One Health Plan PPO $2,698.40 ↓ -20%
CSX Hotels Product $2,698.40 ↓ -20%
Patients Choice COMM $2,968.24 ↓ -12%
Multiplan PHCS $3,035.70 ↓ -10%
PHCS COMM $3,035.70 ↓ -10%
Star Transportation COMM $3,035.70 ↓ -10%
C&O Employees Hospital Assn COMM $3,035.70 ↓ -10%
American Postal Workers Union COMM $3,035.70 ↓ -10%
4Most COMM $3,035.70 ↓ -10%
Alleghany Highland Community COMM $3,035.70 ↓ -10%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $3,373.00 ↑ +0%

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Ultrasound Guidance for a Needle Procedure at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $422.00 $155.87 – $556.20
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $422.00 $155.87 – $556.20
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $422.00 $155.87 – $556.20
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $422.00 $155.87 – $556.20
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $422.00 $155.87 – $556.20
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $101.55 $50.23 – $144.64
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $101.55 $87.26 – $144.64
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $404.00 not published

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