Cath left heart/lv gram at Inova Alexandria Hospital
4320 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1255684460
$5,586.50
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.
$11,173.00
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.
$3,216.41 with aetna vs $11,224.94 with united — 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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| aetna | medicare advantage | $3,216.41 | ↓ -42% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $3,216.41 | ↓ -42% |
| united | medicare advantage | $3,216.41 | ↓ -42% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $3,280.74 | ↓ -41% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $3,345.07 | ↓ -40% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $3,345.07 | ↓ -40% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $3,538.05 | ↓ -37% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $3,562.96 | ↓ -36% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $3,634.22 | ↓ -35% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $3,669.85 | ↓ -34% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $3,705.48 | ↓ -34% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $3,741.11 | ↓ -33% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $3,919.26 | ↓ -30% |
| sentara health | exchange | $6,666.78 | ↑ +19% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $7,397.80 | ↑ +32% |
| cigna | exchange | $8,122.00 | ↑ +45% |
| innovation | fully insured | $8,206.00 | ↑ +47% |
| anthem | hmo | $8,527.18 | ↑ +53% |
| anthem | ppo | $8,527.18 | ↑ +53% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $8,708.87 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | ppo | $8,714.94 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | hmo | $8,714.94 | ↑ +56% |
| sentara health | ppo | $8,771.23 | ↑ +57% |
| sentara health | hmo | $8,771.23 | ↑ +57% |
| carefirst | hmo | $9,261.72 | ↑ +66% |
| carefirst | ppo | $9,746.34 | ↑ +74% |
| innovation | self insured | $9,898.00 | ↑ +77% |
| united | exchange | $9,971.52 | ↑ +78% |
| aetna | hmo | $10,186.00 | ↑ +82% |
| aetna | ppo | $10,186.00 | ↑ +82% |
| cigna | hmo | $10,523.00 | ↑ +88% |
| cigna | ppo | $10,523.00 | ↑ +88% |
| united | options | $11,224.94 | ↑ +101% |
| united | nonoptions | $11,224.94 | ↑ +101% |
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Cath left heart/lv gram at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $5,586.50 | $3,216.41 – $9,261.72 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $5,586.50 | $3,216.41 – $9,261.72 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $5,586.50 | $3,216.41 – $9,261.72 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $5,586.50 | $3,216.41 – $9,261.72 |
| RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER | VIENNA | not published | $9,557.88 – $9,557.88 |
| STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER | Dulles | not published | $9,557.88 – $9,557.88 |