Cardioassist internal at Inova Alexandria Hospital
4320 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1255684460
$2,078.00
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.
$4,156.00
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.
$2,285.80 with carefirst vs $10,523.00 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.
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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| carefirst | hmo | $2,285.80 | ↑ +10% |
| aetna | ppo | $2,360.19 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | hmo | $2,360.19 | ↑ +14% |
| carefirst | ppo | $2,410.48 | ↑ +16% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $2,476.98 | ↑ +19% |
| innovation | fully insured | $2,614.54 | ↑ +26% |
| innovation | self insured | $2,614.54 | ↑ +26% |
| kaiser | hmo | $3,241.68 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | ppo | $3,241.68 | ↑ +56% |
| sentara health | exchange | $4,016.13 | ↑ +93% |
| united | exchange | $4,563.52 | ↑ +120% |
| united | nonoptions | $5,136.61 | ↑ +147% |
| united | options | $5,136.61 | ↑ +147% |
| sentara health | ppo | $5,283.87 | ↑ +154% |
| sentara health | hmo | $5,283.87 | ↑ +154% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $5,519.42 | ↑ +166% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $5,629.81 | ↑ +171% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $5,685.00 | ↑ +174% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $5,740.20 | ↑ +176% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $5,795.39 | ↑ +179% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $6,071.36 | ↑ +192% |
| cigna | exchange | $8,122.00 | ↑ +291% |
| cigna | hmo | $10,523.00 | ↑ +406% |
| cigna | ppo | $10,523.00 | ↑ +406% |
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Cardioassist internal at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $2,078.00 | $2,285.80 – $8,122.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $2,078.00 | $2,285.80 – $8,122.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $2,078.00 | $2,285.80 – $8,122.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $2,078.00 | $2,285.80 – $8,122.00 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | not published | $1,547.00 – $1,547.00 |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | not published | $1,972.00 – $1,972.00 |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital | Norfolk | not published | $5,169.00 – $5,169.00 |
| Sentara CarePlex Hospital | Hampton | not published | $5,169.00 – $5,169.00 |