Esophageal recording at Inova Alexandria Hospital
4320 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1255684460
$1,133.50
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.
$2,267.00
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.
$335.16 with carefirst vs $22,932.00 with sentara health — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| carefirst | hmo | $335.16 | ↓ -70% |
| carefirst | ppo | $352.70 | ↓ -69% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $1,213.99 | ↑ +7% |
| united | medicare advantage | $1,213.99 | ↑ +7% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $1,213.99 | ↑ +7% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $1,238.27 | ↑ +9% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $1,262.55 | ↑ +11% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $1,262.55 | ↑ +11% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $1,335.39 | ↑ +18% |
| kaiser | ppo | $1,768.26 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | hmo | $1,768.26 | ↑ +56% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $2,792.20 | ↑ +146% |
| anthem | ppo | $3,218.47 | ↑ +184% |
| anthem | hmo | $3,218.47 | ↑ +184% |
| united | exchange | $9,042.00 | ↑ +698% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $9,814.25 | ↑ +766% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $10,010.54 | ↑ +783% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $10,108.68 | ↑ +792% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $10,206.82 | ↑ +800% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $10,304.96 | ↑ +809% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $10,795.68 | ↑ +852% |
| united | nonoptions | $11,615.00 | ↑ +925% |
| united | options | $11,615.00 | ↑ +925% |
| innovation | fully insured | $12,223.00 | ↑ +978% |
| cigna | exchange | $14,366.00 | ↑ +1167% |
| innovation | self insured | $14,747.00 | ↑ +1201% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $15,930.18 | ↑ +1305% |
| sentara health | exchange | $17,430.01 | ↑ +1438% |
| cigna | ppo | $18,613.00 | ↑ +1542% |
| cigna | hmo | $18,613.00 | ↑ +1542% |
| aetna | hmo | $18,632.00 | ↑ +1544% |
| aetna | ppo | $18,632.00 | ↑ +1544% |
| sentara health | hmo | $22,932.00 | ↑ +1923% |
| sentara health | ppo | $22,932.00 | ↑ +1923% |
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Esophageal recording at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $1,133.50 | $335.16 – $12,223.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $1,133.50 | $335.16 – $12,223.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $1,133.50 | $335.16 – $12,223.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $1,133.50 | $335.16 – $12,223.00 |
| RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER | VIENNA | not published | $345.88 – $345.88 |
| STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER | Dulles | not published | $345.88 – $345.88 |