Application multi layer compression below knee (both sides) at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$640.00

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.

$1,280.00

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.

$157.79 with united vs $1,269.99 with united — 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 medicare advantage $157.79 ↓ -75%
anthem medicare advantage $157.79 ↓ -75%
aetna medicare advantage $157.79 ↓ -75%
sentara health medicare advantage $160.95 ↓ -75%
cigna medicare advantage $164.10 ↓ -74%
kaiser medicare advantage $164.10 ↓ -74%
humana medicare advantage $173.57 ↓ -73%
anthem medicaid advantage $284.72 ↓ -56%
united medicaid advantage $290.41 ↓ -55%
cigna exchange $292.48 ↓ -54%
sentara health medicaid advantage $293.26 ↓ -54%
humana medicaid advantage $296.11 ↓ -54%
aetna medicaid advantage $298.96 ↓ -53%
kaiser medicaid advantage $313.19 ↓ -51%
anthem exchange hmo $362.93 ↓ -43%
aetna ppo $363.46 ↓ -43%
aetna hmo $363.46 ↓ -43%
aetna fannie-mae $381.44 ↓ -40%
innovation fully insured $402.62 ↓ -37%
innovation self insured $402.62 ↓ -37%
cigna ppo $413.31 ↓ -35%
cigna hmo $413.31 ↓ -35%
anthem hmo $418.33 ↓ -35%
anthem ppo $418.33 ↓ -35%
kaiser ppo $499.20 ↓ -22%
kaiser hmo $499.20 ↓ -22%
sentara health exchange $883.55 ↑ +38%
carefirst hmo $1,043.00 ↑ +63%
carefirst ppo $1,054.00 ↑ +65%
united exchange $1,127.36 ↑ +76%
sentara health hmo $1,162.45 ↑ +82%
sentara health ppo $1,162.45 ↑ +82%
united nonoptions $1,269.99 ↑ +98%
united options $1,269.99 ↑ +98%

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Application multi layer compression below knee (both sides) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $640.00 $157.79 – $1,043.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $640.00 $157.79 – $1,043.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $640.00 $157.79 – $1,043.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $640.00 $157.79 – $1,043.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $110.40 $82.07 – $345.64
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $110.40 $82.07 – $345.64
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $559.00 $161.72 – $2,845.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $598.00 $161.72 – $3,988.00

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