Assay toxin or antitoxin at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$243.50

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.

$487.00

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.

$11.72 with anthem vs $379.86 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
anthem medicaid advantage $11.72 ↓ -95%
united medicaid advantage $11.95 ↓ -95%
sentara health medicaid advantage $12.07 ↓ -95%
humana medicaid advantage $12.19 ↓ -95%
aetna medicaid advantage $12.31 ↓ -95%
kaiser medicaid advantage $12.89 ↓ -95%
anthem hmo $19.74 ↓ -92%
united medicare advantage $19.74 ↓ -92%
united options $19.74 ↓ -92%
united nonoptions $19.74 ↓ -92%
united exchange $19.74 ↓ -92%
aetna medicare advantage $19.74 ↓ -92%
anthem ppo $19.74 ↓ -92%
anthem exchange hmo $19.74 ↓ -92%
anthem medicare advantage $19.74 ↓ -92%
sentara health medicare advantage $20.13 ↓ -92%
cigna medicare advantage $20.53 ↓ -92%
kaiser medicare advantage $20.53 ↓ -92%
humana medicare advantage $21.71 ↓ -91%
sentara health exchange $43.60 ↓ -82%
sentara health hmo $57.37 ↓ -76%
sentara health ppo $57.37 ↓ -76%
cigna hmo $80.20 ↓ -67%
cigna exchange $80.20 ↓ -67%
cigna ppo $80.20 ↓ -67%
carefirst hmo $110.40 ↓ -55%
carefirst ppo $122.82 ↓ -50%
aetna ppo $276.57 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $276.57 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $290.25 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $306.37 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $306.37 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $379.86 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $379.86 ↑ +56%

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Assay toxin or antitoxin at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $243.50 $11.72 – $306.37
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $243.50 $11.72 – $306.37
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $243.50 $11.72 – $306.37
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $243.50 $11.72 – $306.37
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $538.00 $17.18 – $88.26
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $676.00 $17.18 – $21.12
HENRICO DOCTORS HOSPITAL RICHMOND $538.00 $17.18 – $84.73
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $17.18 – $28.62

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