Cold agglutinin titer at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$153.50

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.

$307.00

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.

$8.06 with aetna vs $239.46 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
aetna medicare advantage $8.06 ↓ -95%
united medicare advantage $8.06 ↓ -95%
united options $8.06 ↓ -95%
united nonoptions $8.06 ↓ -95%
united exchange $8.06 ↓ -95%
anthem hmo $8.06 ↓ -95%
anthem medicare advantage $8.06 ↓ -95%
anthem exchange hmo $8.06 ↓ -95%
anthem ppo $8.06 ↓ -95%
sentara health medicare advantage $8.22 ↓ -95%
kaiser medicare advantage $8.38 ↓ -95%
cigna medicare advantage $8.38 ↓ -95%
humana medicare advantage $8.87 ↓ -94%
anthem medicaid advantage $13.38 ↓ -91%
united medicaid advantage $13.65 ↓ -91%
sentara health medicaid advantage $13.78 ↓ -91%
humana medicaid advantage $13.92 ↓ -91%
aetna medicaid advantage $14.05 ↓ -91%
kaiser medicaid advantage $14.72 ↓ -90%
sentara health exchange $17.80 ↓ -88%
sentara health hmo $23.42 ↓ -85%
sentara health ppo $23.42 ↓ -85%
cigna hmo $32.75 ↓ -79%
cigna ppo $32.75 ↓ -79%
cigna exchange $32.75 ↓ -79%
carefirst hmo $51.05 ↓ -67%
carefirst ppo $56.80 ↓ -63%
aetna ppo $174.35 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $174.35 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $182.97 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $193.13 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $193.13 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $239.46 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $239.46 ↑ +56%

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Cold agglutinin titer at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $153.50 $8.06 – $193.13
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $414.00 $7.01 – $11.69
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $153.50 $8.06 – $193.13
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $153.50 $8.06 – $193.13
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $153.50 $8.06 – $193.13
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $277.00 $7.01 – $36.04
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $467.00 $7.01 – $8.62
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $337.00 $6.19 – $8.62

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