Abltj 1/+thyr ndul 1lobe prq at Inova Alexandria Hospital

4320 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1255684460

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published unknown · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$2,739.50

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.

$5,479.00

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.

$1,509.00 with innovation vs $6,950.32 with kaiser — 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
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↓ -45%
aetna medicare advantage $1,620.24 ↓ -41%
anthem medicare advantage $1,620.24 ↓ -41%
united medicare advantage $1,620.24 ↓ -41%
sentara health medicare advantage $1,652.64 ↓ -40%
kaiser medicare advantage $1,685.05 ↓ -38%
cigna medicare advantage $1,685.05 ↓ -38%
humana medicare advantage $1,782.26 ↓ -35%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↓ -33%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↓ -20%
cigna exchange $2,503.90 ↓ -9%
united exchange $2,538.64 ↓ -7%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↓ -7%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↓ -7%
united nonoptions $2,857.22 ↑ +4%
united options $2,857.22 ↑ +4%
carefirst hmo $3,013.45 ↑ +10%
carefirst ppo $3,177.82 ↑ +16%
cigna hmo $3,538.34 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $3,538.34 ↑ +29%
anthem exchange hmo $3,726.57 ↑ +36%
kaiser ppo $4,273.62 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $4,273.62 ↑ +56%
anthem hmo $4,295.48 ↑ +57%
anthem ppo $4,295.48 ↑ +57%
anthem medicaid advantage $6,318.47 ↑ +131%
united medicaid advantage $6,444.84 ↑ +135%
sentara health medicaid advantage $6,508.02 ↑ +138%
humana medicaid advantage $6,571.21 ↑ +140%
aetna medicaid advantage $6,634.39 ↑ +142%
kaiser medicaid advantage $6,950.32 ↑ +154%

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Abltj 1/+thyr ndul 1lobe prq at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $2,739.50 $1,509.00 – $3,013.45
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $2,739.50 $1,509.00 – $3,013.45
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $2,739.50 $1,509.00 – $3,013.45
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $2,739.50 $1,509.00 – $3,013.45
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $732.45 $320.00 – $3,512.94
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $732.45 $320.00 – $3,512.94
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $732.45 $224.00 – $3,867.45
Smyth County Community Hospital MARION $732.45 $320.00 – $3,512.94

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