Detect agnt mult dna direc at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$453.00

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.

$906.00

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.

$43.67 with aetna vs $706.68 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.

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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
aetna medicare advantage $43.67 ↓ -90%
united medicare advantage $43.67 ↓ -90%
united options $43.67 ↓ -90%
united nonoptions $43.67 ↓ -90%
united exchange $43.67 ↓ -90%
anthem hmo $43.67 ↓ -90%
anthem medicare advantage $43.67 ↓ -90%
anthem exchange hmo $43.67 ↓ -90%
anthem ppo $43.67 ↓ -90%
sentara health medicare advantage $44.54 ↓ -90%
kaiser medicare advantage $45.42 ↓ -90%
cigna medicare advantage $45.42 ↓ -90%
humana medicare advantage $48.04 ↓ -89%
anthem medicaid advantage $69.10 ↓ -85%
united medicaid advantage $70.48 ↓ -84%
sentara health medicaid advantage $71.17 ↓ -84%
humana medicaid advantage $71.86 ↓ -84%
aetna medicaid advantage $72.56 ↓ -84%
kaiser medicaid advantage $76.01 ↓ -83%
sentara health exchange $96.46 ↓ -79%
sentara health hmo $126.91 ↓ -72%
sentara health ppo $126.91 ↓ -72%
cigna hmo $177.45 ↓ -61%
cigna ppo $177.45 ↓ -61%
cigna exchange $177.45 ↓ -61%
carefirst hmo $253.82 ↓ -44%
carefirst ppo $282.39 ↓ -38%
aetna ppo $514.52 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $514.52 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $539.98 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $569.96 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $569.96 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $706.68 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $706.68 ↑ +56%

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Detect agnt mult dna direc at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $453.00 $43.67 – $569.96
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $730.00 $38.00 – $63.32
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $453.00 $43.67 – $569.96
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $453.00 $43.67 – $569.96
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $453.00 $43.67 – $569.96
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $519.00 $33.53 – $46.73
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $38.00 – $195.25
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $38.00 – $46.73

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