Eeg recording awake and asleep at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$427.00

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.

$854.00

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.

$311.40 with aetna vs $825.56 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
aetna medicare advantage $311.40 ↓ -27%
anthem medicare advantage $311.40 ↓ -27%
united medicare advantage $311.40 ↓ -27%
sentara health medicare advantage $317.63 ↓ -26%
cigna medicare advantage $323.86 ↓ -24%
kaiser medicare advantage $323.86 ↓ -24%
humana medicare advantage $342.54 ↓ -20%
cigna exchange $380.71 ↓ -11%
sentara health exchange $481.73 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $484.99 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $484.99 ↑ +14%
united exchange $497.00 ↑ +16%
aetna fannie-mae $508.98 ↑ +19%
anthem medicaid advantage $536.11 ↑ +26%
innovation fully insured $537.25 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $537.25 ↑ +26%
united medicaid advantage $546.83 ↑ +28%
cigna ppo $551.51 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $551.51 ↑ +29%
sentara health medicaid advantage $552.19 ↑ +29%
humana medicaid advantage $557.55 ↑ +31%
aetna medicaid advantage $562.92 ↑ +32%
kaiser medicaid advantage $589.72 ↑ +38%
sentara health hmo $633.80 ↑ +48%
sentara health ppo $633.80 ↑ +48%
carefirst hmo $636.30 ↑ +49%
united nonoptions $639.00 ↑ +50%
united options $639.00 ↑ +50%
kaiser ppo $666.12 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $666.12 ↑ +56%
carefirst ppo $669.59 ↑ +57%
anthem exchange hmo $716.22 ↑ +68%
anthem hmo $825.56 ↑ +93%
anthem ppo $825.56 ↑ +93%

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Eeg recording awake and asleep at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $427.00 $311.40 – $636.30
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $427.00 $311.40 – $636.30
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $427.00 $311.40 – $636.30
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $427.00 $311.40 – $636.30
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA $2,402.10 $656.64 – $656.64
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles $2,543.45 $656.64 – $656.64

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