Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at Inova Alexandria Hospital
4320 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1255684460
$601.71
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.
$1,203.42
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.
$484.97 with anthem vs $3,138.62 with sentara health — 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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| anthem | medicare advantage | $484.97 | ↓ -19% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $484.97 | ↓ -19% |
| anthem | hmo | $484.97 | ↓ -19% |
| united | medicare advantage | $484.97 | ↓ -19% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $484.97 | ↓ -19% |
| anthem | ppo | $484.97 | ↓ -19% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $494.67 | ↓ -18% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $504.37 | ↓ -16% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $504.37 | ↓ -16% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $533.47 | ↓ -11% |
| kaiser | hmo | $825.26 | ↑ +37% |
| kaiser | ppo | $825.26 | ↑ +37% |
| united | options | $1,379.07 | ↑ +129% |
| united | nonoptions | $1,379.07 | ↑ +129% |
| united | exchange | $1,379.07 | ↑ +129% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $1,790.09 | ↑ +198% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $1,825.89 | ↑ +203% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $1,843.79 | ↑ +206% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $1,861.69 | ↑ +209% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $1,879.59 | ↑ +212% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $1,969.10 | ↑ +227% |
| sentara health | exchange | $2,385.58 | ↑ +296% |
| sentara health | hmo | $3,138.62 | ↑ +422% |
| sentara health | ppo | $3,138.62 | ↑ +422% |
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Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $601.71 | $484.97 – $533.47 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | $891.00 | $3,797.98 – $3,797.98 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $601.71 | $484.97 – $533.47 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $601.71 | $484.97 – $533.47 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $601.71 | $484.97 – $533.47 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | $17,559.00 | $1,606.50 – $3,797.98 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | $650.00 | $3,797.98 – $3,797.98 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI | PULASKI | $312.00 | $3,797.98 – $3,797.98 |