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Colonoscopy (with polyp removal) at Inova Alexandria Hospital
4320 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1255684460
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$1,179.08 with aetna vs $3,645.00 with aetna — 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 | $1,179.08 | — |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $1,179.08 | — |
| united | medicare advantage | $1,179.08 | — |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $1,202.66 | — |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $1,226.24 | — |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $1,226.24 | — |
| humana | medicare advantage | $1,296.99 | — |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $1,437.24 | — |
| united | medicaid advantage | $1,465.98 | — |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $1,480.36 | — |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $1,494.73 | — |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $1,509.10 | — |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $1,580.96 | — |
| sentara health | exchange | $1,847.42 | — |
| innovation | fully insured | $2,149.00 | — |
| sentara health | hmo | $2,430.58 | — |
| sentara health | ppo | $2,430.58 | — |
| carefirst | hmo | $2,485.00 | — |
| carefirst | ppo | $2,510.00 | — |
| united | exchange | $2,538.64 | — |
| innovation | self insured | $2,589.00 | — |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $2,711.91 | — |
| cigna | exchange | $2,763.00 | — |
| united | nonoptions | $2,857.22 | — |
| united | options | $2,857.22 | — |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $3,116.15 | — |
| anthem | hmo | $3,125.92 | — |
| anthem | ppo | $3,125.92 | — |
| cigna | hmo | $3,580.00 | — |
| cigna | ppo | $3,580.00 | — |
| aetna | hmo | $3,645.00 | — |
| aetna | ppo | $3,645.00 | — |
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Colonoscopy (with polyp removal) at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | not published | $1,179.08 – $2,485.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | not published | $1,179.08 – $2,485.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | not published | $1,179.08 – $2,485.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | not published | $1,179.08 – $2,485.00 |