Bronch ebus samplng 1/2 node at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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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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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.

$943.00 with carefirst vs $11,070.00 with cigna — 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

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

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
carefirst hmo $943.00
carefirst ppo $953.00
innovation fully insured $2,149.00
innovation self insured $2,589.00
aetna fannie-mae $3,116.15
aetna hmo $3,645.00
aetna ppo $3,645.00
aetna medicare advantage $3,686.95
united medicare advantage $3,686.95
anthem medicare advantage $3,686.95
sentara health medicare advantage $3,760.69
kaiser medicare advantage $3,834.43
cigna medicare advantage $3,834.43
sentara health exchange $3,855.49
humana medicare advantage $4,055.65
sentara health ppo $5,072.52
sentara health hmo $5,072.52
united exchange $5,470.40
anthem medicaid advantage $5,578.55
united medicaid advantage $5,690.12
sentara health medicaid advantage $5,745.91
humana medicaid advantage $5,801.69
aetna medicaid advantage $5,857.48
kaiser medicaid advantage $6,136.41
united nonoptions $6,158.37
united options $6,158.37
anthem exchange hmo $8,480.04
cigna exchange $8,545.00
anthem hmo $9,774.64
anthem ppo $9,774.64
cigna hmo $11,070.00
cigna ppo $11,070.00

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Bronch ebus samplng 1/2 node at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria not published $943.00 – $4,055.65
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $1,457.25 $2,598.78 – $7,930.17
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $1,457.25 $3,637.69 – $7,930.17
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $2,500.00 $2,670.00 – $6,716.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $2,963.50 $778.00 – $3,988.00
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $1,457.25 $3,637.69 – $8,730.46
Smyth County Community Hospital MARION $1,457.25 $3,637.69 – $7,930.17
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $2,963.50 $3,739.82 – $3,849.81

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