#cmvcul-virus inoculation shell at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$147.00

Cash price

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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.

$294.00

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 $229.32 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 ↓ -92%
united medicaid advantage $11.95 ↓ -92%
sentara health medicaid advantage $12.07 ↓ -92%
humana medicaid advantage $12.19 ↓ -92%
aetna medicaid advantage $12.31 ↓ -92%
kaiser medicaid advantage $12.89 ↓ -91%
anthem hmo $19.56 ↓ -87%
united medicare advantage $19.56 ↓ -87%
united options $19.56 ↓ -87%
united nonoptions $19.56 ↓ -87%
united exchange $19.56 ↓ -87%
aetna medicare advantage $19.56 ↓ -87%
anthem ppo $19.56 ↓ -87%
anthem exchange hmo $19.56 ↓ -87%
anthem medicare advantage $19.56 ↓ -87%
sentara health medicare advantage $19.95 ↓ -86%
cigna medicare advantage $20.34 ↓ -86%
kaiser medicare advantage $20.34 ↓ -86%
humana medicare advantage $21.52 ↓ -85%
sentara health exchange $43.21 ↓ -71%
sentara health hmo $56.84 ↓ -61%
sentara health ppo $56.84 ↓ -61%
cigna hmo $79.45 ↓ -46%
cigna exchange $79.45 ↓ -46%
cigna ppo $79.45 ↓ -46%
carefirst hmo $123.76 ↓ -16%
carefirst ppo $137.69 ↓ -6%
aetna ppo $166.96 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $166.96 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $175.22 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $184.96 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $184.96 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $229.32 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $229.32 ↑ +56%

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#cmvcul-virus inoculation shell at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $147.00 $11.72 – $184.96
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $478.00 $17.03 – $28.36
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $147.00 $11.72 – $184.96
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $147.00 $11.72 – $184.96
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $147.00 $11.72 – $184.96
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $528.00 $17.03 – $20.93
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $525.00 $17.03 – $83.94
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg $411.48 $19.43 – $79.04

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