Ana ds-dna at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$134.00

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.

$268.00

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.

$12.11 with aetna vs $209.04 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 $12.11 ↓ -91%
united medicare advantage $12.11 ↓ -91%
united options $12.11 ↓ -91%
united nonoptions $12.11 ↓ -91%
united exchange $12.11 ↓ -91%
anthem hmo $12.11 ↓ -91%
anthem medicare advantage $12.11 ↓ -91%
anthem exchange hmo $12.11 ↓ -91%
anthem ppo $12.11 ↓ -91%
sentara health medicare advantage $12.35 ↓ -91%
kaiser medicare advantage $12.59 ↓ -91%
cigna medicare advantage $12.59 ↓ -91%
humana medicare advantage $13.32 ↓ -90%
anthem medicaid advantage $13.38 ↓ -90%
united medicaid advantage $13.65 ↓ -90%
sentara health medicaid advantage $13.78 ↓ -90%
humana medicaid advantage $13.92 ↓ -90%
aetna medicaid advantage $14.05 ↓ -90%
kaiser medicaid advantage $14.72 ↓ -89%
sentara health exchange $26.75 ↓ -80%
sentara health hmo $35.19 ↓ -74%
sentara health ppo $35.19 ↓ -74%
cigna hmo $49.20 ↓ -63%
cigna ppo $49.20 ↓ -63%
cigna exchange $49.20 ↓ -63%
carefirst hmo $76.65 ↓ -43%
carefirst ppo $85.28 ↓ -36%
aetna ppo $152.20 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $152.20 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $159.73 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $168.60 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $168.60 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $209.04 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $209.04 ↑ +56%

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Ana ds-dna at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $134.00 $12.11 – $168.60
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $326.00 $10.54 – $17.56
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $134.00 $12.11 – $168.60
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $134.00 $12.11 – $168.60
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $134.00 $12.11 – $168.60
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $215.00 $10.54 – $12.96
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $422.00 $9.30 – $12.96
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $254.00 $10.54 – $17.56

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