Bone marrow interpretation at Inova Alexandria Hospital
4320 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1255684460
$193.50
Cash price 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.
$387.00
Gross charge 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.
$108.12 with sentara health vs $2,165.73 with anthem — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| sentara health | exchange | $108.12 | ↓ -44% |
| carefirst | hmo | $136.67 | ↓ -29% |
| sentara health | ppo | $142.26 | ↓ -26% |
| sentara health | hmo | $142.26 | ↓ -26% |
| carefirst | ppo | $152.06 | ↓ -21% |
| cigna | ppo | $194.13 | ↑ +0% |
| cigna | exchange | $194.13 | ↑ +0% |
| cigna | hmo | $194.13 | ↑ +0% |
| aetna | hmo | $219.78 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | ppo | $219.78 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $230.65 | ↑ +19% |
| innovation | fully insured | $243.46 | ↑ +26% |
| innovation | self insured | $243.46 | ↑ +26% |
| kaiser | hmo | $301.86 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | ppo | $301.86 | ↑ +56% |
| united | exchange | $669.29 | ↑ +246% |
| united | nonoptions | $669.29 | ↑ +246% |
| united | options | $669.29 | ↑ +246% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $775.43 | ↑ +301% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $790.94 | ↑ +309% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $798.69 | ↑ +313% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $806.45 | ↑ +317% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $814.20 | ↑ +321% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $816.90 | ↑ +322% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $816.90 | ↑ +322% |
| united | medicare advantage | $816.90 | ↑ +322% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $833.24 | ↑ +331% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $849.58 | ↑ +339% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $849.58 | ↑ +339% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $852.97 | ↑ +341% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $898.59 | ↑ +364% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $1,878.89 | ↑ +871% |
| anthem | ppo | $2,165.73 | ↑ +1019% |
| anthem | hmo | $2,165.73 | ↑ +1019% |
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Bone marrow interpretation at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $193.50 | $108.12 – $806.45 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $193.50 | $108.12 – $806.45 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $193.50 | $108.12 – $806.45 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $193.50 | $108.12 – $806.45 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | $1,225.00 | $198.22 – $2,933.65 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | $957.00 | $656.15 – $2,791.26 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI | PULASKI | $1,534.00 | $656.15 – $2,814.88 |
| TRICITIES HOSPITAL | HOPEWELL | $883.00 | $198.22 – $1,907.43 |