Ghs nerve block suprascapular at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$1,417.00

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.

$2,834.00

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.

$577.13 with anthem vs $2,678.00 with cigna — 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 $577.13 ↓ -59%
united medicaid advantage $588.67 ↓ -58%
sentara health medicaid advantage $594.44 ↓ -58%
humana medicaid advantage $600.22 ↓ -58%
aetna medicaid advantage $605.99 ↓ -57%
kaiser medicaid advantage $634.84 ↓ -55%
anthem medicare advantage $692.52 ↓ -51%
united medicare advantage $692.52 ↓ -51%
aetna medicare advantage $692.52 ↓ -51%
sentara health medicare advantage $706.37 ↓ -50%
kaiser medicare advantage $720.22 ↓ -49%
cigna medicare advantage $720.22 ↓ -49%
humana medicare advantage $761.77 ↓ -46%
kaiser ppo $1,105.26 ↓ -22%
kaiser hmo $1,105.26 ↓ -22%
sentara health exchange $1,285.16 ↓ -9%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↑ +6%
anthem exchange hmo $1,592.81 ↑ +12%
sentara health ppo $1,690.84 ↑ +19%
sentara health hmo $1,690.84 ↑ +19%
united exchange $1,719.12 ↑ +21%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +29%
anthem hmo $1,835.98 ↑ +30%
anthem ppo $1,835.98 ↑ +30%
united options $1,935.37 ↑ +37%
united nonoptions $1,935.37 ↑ +37%
cigna exchange $2,067.00 ↑ +46%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +55%
carefirst hmo $2,485.00 ↑ +75%
carefirst ppo $2,510.00 ↑ +77%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +81%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +81%
cigna hmo $2,678.00 ↑ +89%
cigna ppo $2,678.00 ↑ +89%

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Ghs nerve block suprascapular at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,417.00 $577.13 – $2,485.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,417.00 $577.13 – $2,485.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,417.00 $577.13 – $2,485.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,417.00 $577.13 – $2,485.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $753.00 $702.49 – $1,547.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $871.50 $702.49 – $2,603.00
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $487.00 $708.05 – $728.88
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $871.50 $702.49 – $3,408.00

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