Covid-19 administration immunization im inj 1st/only component at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$64.50

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.

$129.00

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.

$41.52 with united vs $140.00 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.

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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
united medicare advantage $41.52 ↓ -36%
aetna medicare advantage $41.52 ↓ -36%
anthem medicare advantage $41.52 ↓ -36%
sentara health medicare advantage $42.35 ↓ -34%
kaiser medicare advantage $43.18 ↓ -33%
cigna medicare advantage $43.18 ↓ -33%
humana medicare advantage $45.67 ↓ -29%
anthem medicaid advantage $57.38 ↓ -11%
cigna exchange $57.51 ↓ -11%
united medicaid advantage $58.53 ↓ -9%
sentara health medicaid advantage $59.10 ↓ -8%
humana medicaid advantage $59.68 ↓ -7%
aetna medicaid advantage $60.25 ↓ -7%
kaiser medicaid advantage $63.12 ↓ -2%
sentara health exchange $72.77 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $73.26 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $73.26 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $76.88 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $81.15 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $81.15 ↑ +26%
cigna hmo $83.31 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $83.31 ↑ +29%
carefirst hmo $86.00 ↑ +33%
carefirst ppo $90.50 ↑ +40%
anthem exchange hmo $95.49 ↑ +48%
sentara health ppo $95.74 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $95.74 ↑ +48%
kaiser ppo $100.62 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $100.62 ↑ +56%
united exchange $110.00 ↑ +71%
anthem hmo $110.07 ↑ +71%
anthem ppo $110.07 ↑ +71%
united options $140.00 ↑ +117%
united nonoptions $140.00 ↑ +117%

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Covid-19 administration immunization im inj 1st/only component at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $64.50 $41.52 – $86.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $64.50 $41.52 – $86.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $64.50 $41.52 – $86.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $64.50 $41.52 – $86.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $17.85 $37.37 – $86.44
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $17.85 $37.37 – $86.44
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $20.00 not published
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $20.00 not published

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