Deep muscle biopsy 20205 at Inova Alexandria Hospital
4320 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1255684460
$4,194.50
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.
$8,389.00
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.
$1,847.42 with sentara health vs $7,587.71 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.
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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| sentara health | exchange | $1,847.42 | ↓ -56% |
| sentara health | ppo | $2,430.58 | ↓ -42% |
| sentara health | hmo | $2,430.58 | ↓ -42% |
| united | exchange | $2,538.64 | ↓ -39% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $2,626.58 | ↓ -37% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $2,679.11 | ↓ -36% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $2,705.38 | ↓ -36% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $2,731.64 | ↓ -35% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $2,757.91 | ↓ -34% |
| united | options | $2,857.22 | ↓ -32% |
| united | nonoptions | $2,857.22 | ↓ -32% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $2,862.05 | ↓ -32% |
| united | medicare advantage | $2,862.05 | ↓ -32% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $2,862.05 | ↓ -32% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $2,889.24 | ↓ -31% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $2,919.29 | ↓ -30% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $2,976.53 | ↓ -29% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $2,976.53 | ↓ -29% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $3,148.26 | ↓ -25% |
| innovation | fully insured | $3,508.00 | ↓ -16% |
| innovation | self insured | $4,227.00 | ↑ +1% |
| cigna | exchange | $4,391.00 | ↑ +5% |
| carefirst | hmo | $4,413.00 | ↑ +5% |
| carefirst | ppo | $4,455.00 | ↑ +6% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $5,091.48 | ↑ +21% |
| cigna | hmo | $5,689.00 | ↑ +36% |
| cigna | ppo | $5,689.00 | ↑ +36% |
| aetna | ppo | $5,955.00 | ↑ +42% |
| aetna | hmo | $5,955.00 | ↑ +42% |
| kaiser | ppo | $6,543.42 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | hmo | $6,543.42 | ↑ +56% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $6,582.75 | ↑ +57% |
| anthem | hmo | $7,587.71 | ↑ +81% |
| anthem | ppo | $7,587.71 | ↑ +81% |
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Deep muscle biopsy 20205 at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $4,194.50 | $1,847.42 – $4,413.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $4,194.50 | $1,847.42 – $4,413.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $4,194.50 | $1,847.42 – $4,413.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $4,194.50 | $1,847.42 – $4,413.00 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $1,124.85 | $2,309.06 – $6,178.31 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $1,124.85 | $2,321.16 – $6,178.31 |
| Lonesome Pine Hospital | BIG STONE GAP | $1,124.85 | $2,390.77 – $6,801.81 |
| Smyth County Community Hospital | MARION | $1,124.85 | $2,321.13 – $6,178.31 |