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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at Inova Alexandria Hospital
4320 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1255684460
$2,229.50
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.
$4,459.00
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.
$548.30 with united vs $3,478.02 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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| united | medicare advantage | $548.30 | ↓ -75% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $548.30 | ↓ -75% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $548.30 | ↓ -75% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $559.27 | ↓ -75% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $570.23 | ↓ -74% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $570.23 | ↓ -74% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $603.13 | ↓ -73% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $675.71 | ↓ -70% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $689.22 | ↓ -69% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $695.98 | ↓ -69% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $702.74 | ↓ -68% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $709.50 | ↓ -68% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $743.28 | ↓ -67% |
| carefirst | hmo | $1,085.15 | ↓ -51% |
| carefirst | ppo | $1,141.93 | ↓ -49% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $1,261.10 | ↓ -43% |
| anthem | hmo | $1,453.62 | ↓ -35% |
| anthem | ppo | $1,453.62 | ↓ -35% |
| cigna | exchange | $1,987.82 | ↓ -11% |
| sentara health | exchange | $2,515.27 | ↑ +13% |
| aetna | hmo | $2,532.27 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | ppo | $2,532.27 | ↑ +14% |
| united | exchange | $2,533.65 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $2,657.56 | ↑ +19% |
| innovation | fully insured | $2,805.16 | ↑ +26% |
| innovation | self insured | $2,805.16 | ↑ +26% |
| cigna | hmo | $2,879.62 | ↑ +29% |
| cigna | ppo | $2,879.62 | ↑ +29% |
| united | options | $3,191.97 | ↑ +43% |
| united | nonoptions | $3,191.97 | ↑ +43% |
| sentara health | hmo | $3,309.25 | ↑ +48% |
| sentara health | ppo | $3,309.25 | ↑ +48% |
| kaiser | ppo | $3,478.02 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | hmo | $3,478.02 | ↑ +56% |
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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $2,229.50 | $548.30 – $2,805.16 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $2,229.50 | $548.30 – $2,805.16 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $2,229.50 | $548.30 – $2,805.16 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $2,229.50 | $548.30 – $2,805.16 |