Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at Inova Alexandria Hospital
4320 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1255684460
$9.85
Cash price 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.
$19.69
Gross charge 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.
$2.93 with anthem vs $761.18 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.
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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| anthem | ppo | $2.93 | ↓ -70% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $2.93 | ↓ -70% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $2.93 | ↓ -70% |
| anthem | hmo | $2.93 | ↓ -70% |
| united | medicare advantage | $2.93 | ↓ -70% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $2.93 | ↓ -70% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $2.98 | ↓ -70% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $3.04 | ↓ -69% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $3.04 | ↓ -69% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $3.22 | ↓ -67% |
| kaiser | ppo | $3.31 | ↓ -66% |
| kaiser | hmo | $3.31 | ↓ -66% |
| cigna | ppo | $4.08 | ↓ -59% |
| cigna | exchange | $4.08 | ↓ -59% |
| cigna | hmo | $4.08 | ↓ -59% |
| carefirst | ppo | $4.67 | ↓ -53% |
| carefirst | hmo | $4.67 | ↓ -53% |
| united | options | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| united | exchange | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| united | nonoptions | $4.95 | ↓ -50% |
| sentara health | exchange | $12.31 | ↑ +25% |
| sentara health | hmo | $16.20 | ↑ +64% |
| sentara health | ppo | $16.20 | ↑ +64% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $691.98 | ↑ +6925% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $705.82 | ↑ +7066% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $712.74 | ↑ +7136% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $719.66 | ↑ +7206% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $726.58 | ↑ +7276% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $761.18 | ↑ +7628% |
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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $2,570.80 | $2.84 – $611.51 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $2,570.80 | $2.84 – $611.52 |
| Lonesome Pine Hospital | BIG STONE GAP | $2,570.80 | $1.58 – $630.47 |
| Smyth County Community Hospital | MARION | $1,713.87 | $2.84 – $611.51 |
| Dickenson Community Hospital | CLINTWOOD | $788.38 | $2.84 – $908.86 |
| Lee County Community Hospital | PENNINGTON GAP | $3,941.90 | $2.84 – $908.86 |
| Rappahannock General Hospital | Kilmarnock | $6,269.40 | not published |
| Maryview Hospital | Portsmouth | $8,707.50 | not published |