Elec stim unattend for press at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$190.00

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.

$380.00

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.

$12.70 with anthem vs $582.98 with united — 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
anthem exchange hmo $12.70 ↓ -93%
anthem ppo $12.70 ↓ -93%
anthem hmo $12.70 ↓ -93%
carefirst hmo $51.80 ↓ -73%
carefirst ppo $52.91 ↓ -72%
sentara health exchange $120.48 ↓ -37%
sentara health ppo $158.52 ↓ -17%
sentara health hmo $158.52 ↓ -17%
cigna exchange $169.40 ↓ -11%
cigna hmo $245.40 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $245.40 ↑ +29%
anthem medicaid advantage $273.52 ↑ +44%
united medicaid advantage $278.99 ↑ +47%
sentara health medicaid advantage $281.73 ↑ +48%
humana medicaid advantage $284.46 ↑ +50%
aetna medicaid advantage $287.20 ↑ +51%
kaiser hmo $296.40 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $296.40 ↑ +56%
kaiser medicaid advantage $300.87 ↑ +58%
united exchange $463.05 ↑ +144%
united nonoptions $582.98 ↑ +207%
united options $582.98 ↑ +207%

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Elec stim unattend for press at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $190.00 $12.70 – $296.40
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $190.00 $12.70 – $296.40
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $190.00 $12.70 – $296.40
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $190.00 $12.70 – $296.40
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $9.49 – $10.83
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $9.49 – $14.29
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $9.49 – $11.33
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $8.38 – $11.33

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