Amputation thru metatarsal at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

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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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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.

$3,244.61 with united vs $9,169.11 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

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 medicare advantage $3,244.61
anthem medicare advantage $3,244.61
aetna medicare advantage $3,244.61
sentara health medicare advantage $3,309.50
kaiser medicare advantage $3,374.39
cigna medicare advantage $3,374.39
innovation fully insured $3,508.00
humana medicare advantage $3,569.07
sentara health exchange $3,855.49
innovation self insured $4,227.00
sentara health hmo $5,072.52
sentara health ppo $5,072.52
aetna fannie-mae $5,091.48
united exchange $5,470.40
aetna ppo $5,955.00
aetna hmo $5,955.00
united options $6,158.37
united nonoptions $6,158.37
carefirst hmo $6,895.00
carefirst ppo $6,962.00
anthem exchange hmo $7,462.65
anthem medicaid advantage $8,335.55
united medicaid advantage $8,502.26
sentara health medicaid advantage $8,585.62
anthem ppo $8,601.93
anthem hmo $8,601.93
humana medicaid advantage $8,668.97
aetna medicaid advantage $8,752.33
kaiser medicaid advantage $9,169.11

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Amputation thru metatarsal at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria not published $3,244.61 – $6,895.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church not published $3,244.61 – $6,895.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 not published $3,244.61 – $6,895.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg not published $3,244.61 – $6,895.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $3,256.29 – $5,978.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $3,256.29 – $5,047.00
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston not published $3,282.07 – $3,378.60
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk not published $3,256.29 – $5,220.00

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