Bladder irrigate/lavage/instill 51700 at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$655.00

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.

$1,310.00

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.

$120.71 with anthem vs $2,561.00 with aetna — 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 $120.71 ↓ -82%
united medicaid advantage $123.12 ↓ -81%
sentara health medicaid advantage $124.33 ↓ -81%
humana medicaid advantage $125.54 ↓ -81%
aetna medicaid advantage $126.75 ↓ -81%
kaiser medicaid advantage $132.78 ↓ -80%
anthem medicare advantage $243.21 ↓ -63%
united medicare advantage $243.21 ↓ -63%
aetna medicare advantage $243.21 ↓ -63%
sentara health medicare advantage $248.07 ↓ -62%
cigna medicare advantage $252.94 ↓ -61%
kaiser medicare advantage $252.94 ↓ -61%
humana medicare advantage $267.53 ↓ -59%
anthem exchange hmo $559.38 ↓ -15%
cigna exchange $598.67 ↓ -9%
anthem ppo $644.78 ↓ -2%
anthem hmo $644.78 ↓ -2%
cigna ppo $846.00 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $846.00 ↑ +29%
sentara health exchange $883.55 ↑ +35%
kaiser ppo $1,021.80 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $1,021.80 ↑ +56%
carefirst hmo $1,043.00 ↑ +59%
carefirst ppo $1,054.00 ↑ +61%
united exchange $1,127.36 ↑ +72%
sentara health ppo $1,162.45 ↑ +77%
sentara health hmo $1,162.45 ↑ +77%
united options $1,269.99 ↑ +94%
united nonoptions $1,269.99 ↑ +94%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↑ +130%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +178%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +234%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +291%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +291%

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Bladder irrigate/lavage/instill 51700 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $655.00 $120.71 – $1,509.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $655.00 $120.71 – $1,509.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $655.00 $120.71 – $1,509.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $655.00 $120.71 – $1,509.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $136.80 $20.40 – $531.43
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $136.80 $78.34 – $531.43
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $394.00 $248.65 – $2,845.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $460.00 $248.65 – $3,988.00

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