Cystoscopy removal of clots at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$4,646.00

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$9,292.00

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.

$1,847.42 with sentara health vs $9,143.72 with anthem — 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
sentara health exchange $1,847.42 ↓ -60%
innovation fully insured $2,149.00 ↓ -54%
anthem medicaid advantage $2,263.05 ↓ -51%
united medicaid advantage $2,308.31 ↓ -50%
sentara health medicaid advantage $2,330.94 ↓ -50%
humana medicaid advantage $2,353.57 ↓ -49%
aetna medicaid advantage $2,376.20 ↓ -49%
sentara health hmo $2,430.58 ↓ -48%
sentara health ppo $2,430.58 ↓ -48%
kaiser medicaid advantage $2,489.36 ↓ -46%
united exchange $2,538.64 ↓ -45%
innovation self insured $2,589.00 ↓ -44%
cigna exchange $2,763.00 ↓ -41%
united options $2,857.22 ↓ -39%
united nonoptions $2,857.22 ↓ -39%
aetna fannie-mae $3,116.15 ↓ -33%
anthem medicare advantage $3,448.97 ↓ -26%
aetna medicare advantage $3,448.97 ↓ -26%
united medicare advantage $3,448.97 ↓ -26%
sentara health medicare advantage $3,517.95 ↓ -24%
cigna ppo $3,580.00 ↓ -23%
cigna hmo $3,580.00 ↓ -23%
cigna medicare advantage $3,586.93 ↓ -23%
kaiser medicare advantage $3,586.93 ↓ -23%
aetna hmo $3,645.00 ↓ -22%
aetna ppo $3,645.00 ↓ -22%
humana medicare advantage $3,793.87 ↓ -18%
carefirst hmo $5,515.00 ↑ +19%
carefirst ppo $5,568.00 ↑ +20%
kaiser hmo $7,247.76 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $7,247.76 ↑ +56%
anthem exchange hmo $7,932.68 ↑ +71%
anthem hmo $9,143.72 ↑ +97%
anthem ppo $9,143.72 ↑ +97%

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Cystoscopy removal of clots at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $4,646.00 $1,847.42 – $5,515.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $4,646.00 $1,847.42 – $5,515.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $4,646.00 $1,847.42 – $5,515.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $4,646.00 $1,847.42 – $5,515.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $1,743.00 $1,571.00 – $3,602.64
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $4,861.50 $2,464.00 – $4,039.00
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $4,799.00 not published
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $4,861.50 $3,508.06 – $4,564.00

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