Clostridium toxin a w/optic at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published unknown · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$190.00

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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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$380.00

Gross charge

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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.

$11.72 with anthem vs $296.40 with kaiser — 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
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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
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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
anthem medicaid advantage $11.72 ↓ -94%
united medicaid advantage $11.95 ↓ -94%
sentara health medicaid advantage $12.07 ↓ -94%
humana medicaid advantage $12.19 ↓ -94%
aetna medicaid advantage $12.31 ↓ -94%
kaiser medicaid advantage $12.89 ↓ -93%
anthem hmo $16.00 ↓ -92%
united medicare advantage $16.00 ↓ -92%
united options $16.00 ↓ -92%
united nonoptions $16.00 ↓ -92%
united exchange $16.00 ↓ -92%
aetna medicare advantage $16.00 ↓ -92%
anthem ppo $16.00 ↓ -92%
anthem exchange hmo $16.00 ↓ -92%
anthem medicare advantage $16.00 ↓ -92%
sentara health medicare advantage $16.32 ↓ -91%
cigna medicare advantage $16.64 ↓ -91%
kaiser medicare advantage $16.64 ↓ -91%
humana medicare advantage $17.60 ↓ -91%
sentara health exchange $35.34 ↓ -81%
sentara health hmo $46.50 ↓ -76%
sentara health ppo $46.50 ↓ -76%
cigna hmo $65.00 ↓ -66%
cigna exchange $65.00 ↓ -66%
cigna ppo $65.00 ↓ -66%
carefirst hmo $69.72 ↓ -63%
carefirst ppo $77.57 ↓ -59%
aetna ppo $215.80 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $215.80 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $226.48 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $239.06 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $239.06 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $296.40 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $296.40 ↑ +56%

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Clostridium toxin a w/optic at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $190.00 $11.72 – $239.06
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $190.00 $11.72 – $239.06
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $190.00 $11.72 – $239.06
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $190.00 $11.72 – $239.06
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $13.92 – $23.20
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $16.32 – $20.11
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $10.51 – $63.88
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $13.92 – $71.54

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