_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$569.00

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.

$1,138.00

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.

$115.36 with united vs $887.64 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
united options $115.36 ↓ -80%
anthem medicare advantage $115.36 ↓ -80%
anthem exchange hmo $115.36 ↓ -80%
anthem ppo $115.36 ↓ -80%
aetna medicare advantage $115.36 ↓ -80%
anthem hmo $115.36 ↓ -80%
united exchange $115.36 ↓ -80%
united medicare advantage $115.36 ↓ -80%
united nonoptions $115.36 ↓ -80%
sentara health medicare advantage $117.67 ↓ -79%
kaiser medicare advantage $119.97 ↓ -79%
cigna medicare advantage $119.97 ↓ -79%
humana medicare advantage $126.90 ↓ -78%
anthem medicaid advantage $213.69 ↓ -62%
united medicaid advantage $217.96 ↓ -62%
sentara health medicaid advantage $220.10 ↓ -61%
humana medicaid advantage $222.24 ↓ -61%
aetna medicaid advantage $224.37 ↓ -61%
kaiser medicaid advantage $235.06 ↓ -59%
sentara health exchange $254.82 ↓ -55%
sentara health hmo $335.25 ↓ -41%
sentara health ppo $335.25 ↓ -41%
cigna exchange $468.63 ↓ -18%
cigna ppo $468.63 ↓ -18%
cigna hmo $468.63 ↓ -18%
aetna hmo $646.27 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $646.27 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $678.25 ↑ +19%
innovation self insured $715.92 ↑ +26%
innovation fully insured $715.92 ↑ +26%
carefirst hmo $740.16 ↑ +30%
carefirst ppo $823.49 ↑ +45%
kaiser hmo $887.64 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $887.64 ↑ +56%

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_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $569.00 $115.36 – $740.16
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $742.00 $100.39 – $167.27
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $569.00 $115.36 – $740.16
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $569.00 $115.36 – $740.16
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $569.00 $115.36 – $740.16
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $2,133.00 $100.39 – $515.77
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $769.00 $100.39 – $123.44
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $769.00 $88.58 – $123.44

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