Ghs histoplasma antigen at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$144.50

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.

$289.00

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.

$11.72 with anthem vs $225.42 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 $11.72 ↓ -92%
united medicaid advantage $11.95 ↓ -92%
sentara health medicaid advantage $12.07 ↓ -92%
humana medicaid advantage $12.19 ↓ -92%
aetna medicaid advantage $12.31 ↓ -91%
kaiser medicaid advantage $12.89 ↓ -91%
anthem hmo $13.25 ↓ -91%
united medicare advantage $13.25 ↓ -91%
united options $13.25 ↓ -91%
united nonoptions $13.25 ↓ -91%
united exchange $13.25 ↓ -91%
aetna medicare advantage $13.25 ↓ -91%
anthem ppo $13.25 ↓ -91%
anthem exchange hmo $13.25 ↓ -91%
anthem medicare advantage $13.25 ↓ -91%
sentara health medicare advantage $13.52 ↓ -91%
cigna medicare advantage $13.78 ↓ -90%
kaiser medicare advantage $13.78 ↓ -90%
humana medicare advantage $14.58 ↓ -90%
sentara health exchange $29.27 ↓ -80%
sentara health hmo $38.51 ↓ -73%
sentara health ppo $38.51 ↓ -73%
cigna hmo $53.83 ↓ -63%
cigna exchange $53.83 ↓ -63%
cigna ppo $53.83 ↓ -63%
carefirst hmo $69.72 ↓ -52%
carefirst ppo $77.57 ↓ -46%
aetna ppo $164.12 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $164.12 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $172.24 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $181.81 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $181.81 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $225.42 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $225.42 ↑ +56%

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Ghs histoplasma antigen at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $144.50 $11.72 – $181.81
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $1,157.00 $11.53 – $19.21
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $144.50 $11.72 – $181.81
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $144.50 $11.72 – $181.81
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $144.50 $11.72 – $181.81
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $266.00 $11.53 – $59.24
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $319.00 $11.53 – $14.18
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $1,224.00 $10.18 – $14.18

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