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Exc subq tum/sft tis/pel/hip 3cm/> 27043 at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$16,598.00

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.

$33,196.00

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.

$2,626.58 with anthem vs $12,946.44 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
anthem medicaid advantage $2,626.58 ↓ -84%
united medicaid advantage $2,679.11 ↓ -84%
sentara health medicaid advantage $2,705.38 ↓ -84%
humana medicaid advantage $2,731.64 ↓ -84%
aetna medicaid advantage $2,757.91 ↓ -83%
aetna medicare advantage $2,862.05 ↓ -83%
anthem medicare advantage $2,862.05 ↓ -83%
united medicare advantage $2,862.05 ↓ -83%
kaiser medicaid advantage $2,889.24 ↓ -83%
sentara health medicare advantage $2,919.29 ↓ -82%
cigna medicare advantage $2,976.53 ↓ -82%
kaiser medicare advantage $2,976.53 ↓ -82%
humana medicare advantage $3,148.26 ↓ -81%
innovation fully insured $3,508.00 ↓ -79%
sentara health exchange $3,855.49 ↓ -77%
innovation self insured $4,227.00 ↓ -75%
carefirst hmo $4,413.00 ↓ -73%
carefirst ppo $4,455.00 ↓ -73%
sentara health hmo $5,072.52 ↓ -69%
sentara health ppo $5,072.52 ↓ -69%
aetna fannie-mae $5,091.48 ↓ -69%
united exchange $5,470.40 ↓ -67%
aetna hmo $5,955.00 ↓ -64%
aetna ppo $5,955.00 ↓ -64%
united nonoptions $6,158.37 ↓ -63%
united options $6,158.37 ↓ -63%
anthem exchange hmo $6,582.75 ↓ -60%
anthem hmo $7,587.71 ↓ -54%
anthem ppo $7,587.71 ↓ -54%
cigna exchange $8,545.00 ↓ -49%
cigna hmo $11,070.00 ↓ -33%
cigna ppo $11,070.00 ↓ -33%
kaiser hmo $12,946.44 ↓ -22%
kaiser ppo $12,946.44 ↓ -22%

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Exc subq tum/sft tis/pel/hip 3cm/> 27043 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $16,598.00 $2,626.58 – $4,413.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $16,598.00 $2,626.58 – $4,413.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $16,598.00 $2,626.58 – $4,413.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $16,598.00 $2,626.58 – $4,413.00

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