Flow cytometry one marker technical component at Inova Alexandria Hospital
4320 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1255684460
$187.50
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.
$375.00
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.
$98.03 with carefirst vs $953.66 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.
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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| carefirst | hmo | $98.03 | ↓ -48% |
| carefirst | ppo | $109.07 | ↓ -42% |
| sentara health | exchange | $153.23 | ↓ -18% |
| sentara health | ppo | $201.60 | ↑ +8% |
| sentara health | hmo | $201.60 | ↑ +8% |
| aetna | ppo | $212.96 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | hmo | $212.96 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $223.50 | ↑ +19% |
| innovation | self insured | $235.91 | ↑ +26% |
| innovation | fully insured | $235.91 | ↑ +26% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $239.67 | ↑ +28% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $244.46 | ↑ +30% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $246.86 | ↑ +32% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $249.26 | ↑ +33% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $251.65 | ↑ +34% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $263.64 | ↑ +41% |
| kaiser | hmo | $292.50 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | ppo | $292.50 | ↑ +56% |
| united | options | $297.45 | ↑ +59% |
| united | exchange | $297.45 | ↑ +59% |
| united | nonoptions | $297.45 | ↑ +59% |
| cigna | ppo | $305.63 | ↑ +63% |
| cigna | exchange | $305.63 | ↑ +63% |
| cigna | hmo | $305.63 | ↑ +63% |
| united | medicare advantage | $359.72 | ↑ +92% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $359.72 | ↑ +92% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $359.72 | ↑ +92% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $366.91 | ↑ +96% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $374.11 | ↑ +100% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $374.11 | ↑ +100% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $395.69 | ↑ +111% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $827.35 | ↑ +341% |
| anthem | hmo | $953.66 | ↑ +409% |
| anthem | ppo | $953.66 | ↑ +409% |
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Flow cytometry one marker technical component at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $187.50 | $98.03 – $305.63 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | $372.00 | $291.26 – $1,644.16 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $187.50 | $98.03 – $305.63 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $187.50 | $98.03 – $305.63 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $187.50 | $98.03 – $305.63 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | $462.00 | $291.26 – $1,302.22 |
| TRICITIES HOSPITAL | HOPEWELL | $462.00 | $291.26 – $846.69 |
| RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER | VIENNA | $1,729.93 | $87.86 – $1,403.87 |