Alkaline phosphatase at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$64.50

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.

$129.00

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.

$5.18 with aetna vs $100.62 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
aetna medicare advantage $5.18 ↓ -92%
united medicare advantage $5.18 ↓ -92%
united options $5.18 ↓ -92%
united nonoptions $5.18 ↓ -92%
united exchange $5.18 ↓ -92%
anthem hmo $5.18 ↓ -92%
anthem medicare advantage $5.18 ↓ -92%
anthem exchange hmo $5.18 ↓ -92%
anthem ppo $5.18 ↓ -92%
sentara health medicare advantage $5.28 ↓ -92%
kaiser medicare advantage $5.39 ↓ -92%
cigna medicare advantage $5.39 ↓ -92%
humana medicare advantage $5.70 ↓ -91%
anthem medicaid advantage $6.47 ↓ -90%
united medicaid advantage $6.60 ↓ -90%
sentara health medicaid advantage $6.66 ↓ -90%
humana medicaid advantage $6.73 ↓ -90%
aetna medicaid advantage $6.79 ↓ -89%
kaiser medicaid advantage $7.12 ↓ -89%
sentara health exchange $11.44 ↓ -82%
sentara health hmo $15.05 ↓ -77%
sentara health ppo $15.05 ↓ -77%
cigna hmo $21.08 ↓ -67%
cigna ppo $21.08 ↓ -67%
cigna exchange $21.08 ↓ -67%
carefirst hmo $32.75 ↓ -49%
carefirst ppo $36.44 ↓ -44%
aetna ppo $73.26 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $73.26 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $76.88 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $81.15 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $81.15 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $100.62 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $100.62 ↑ +56%

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Alkaline phosphatase at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $64.50 $5.18 – $81.15
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $380.00 $4.50 – $7.51
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $64.50 $5.18 – $81.15
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $64.50 $5.18 – $81.15
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $64.50 $5.18 – $81.15
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $313.00 $4.50 – $23.16
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $294.00 $4.50 – $5.54
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $296.00 $3.97 – $5.54

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