Ghs urine, hydroxproline total at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$547.50

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.

$1,095.00

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.

$15.74 with anthem vs $854.10 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 $15.74 ↓ -97%
united medicaid advantage $16.05 ↓ -97%
sentara health medicaid advantage $16.21 ↓ -97%
humana medicaid advantage $16.37 ↓ -97%
aetna medicaid advantage $16.53 ↓ -97%
kaiser medicaid advantage $17.31 ↓ -97%
anthem hmo $24.30 ↓ -96%
united medicare advantage $24.30 ↓ -96%
united options $24.30 ↓ -96%
united nonoptions $24.30 ↓ -96%
united exchange $24.30 ↓ -96%
aetna medicare advantage $24.30 ↓ -96%
anthem ppo $24.30 ↓ -96%
anthem exchange hmo $24.30 ↓ -96%
anthem medicare advantage $24.30 ↓ -96%
sentara health medicare advantage $24.79 ↓ -95%
cigna medicare advantage $25.27 ↓ -95%
kaiser medicare advantage $25.27 ↓ -95%
humana medicare advantage $26.73 ↓ -95%
sentara health exchange $53.68 ↓ -90%
sentara health hmo $70.62 ↓ -87%
sentara health ppo $70.62 ↓ -87%
cigna hmo $98.75 ↓ -82%
cigna exchange $98.75 ↓ -82%
cigna ppo $98.75 ↓ -82%
carefirst hmo $153.84 ↓ -72%
carefirst ppo $171.16 ↓ -69%
aetna ppo $621.85 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $621.85 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $652.62 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $688.86 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $688.86 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $854.10 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $854.10 ↑ +56%

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Ghs urine, hydroxproline total at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $547.50 $15.74 – $688.86
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $456.00 $21.15 – $35.23
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $547.50 $15.74 – $688.86
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $547.50 $15.74 – $688.86
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $547.50 $15.74 – $688.86
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $21.15 – $108.65
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $21.15 – $26.00
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE not published $21.15 – $35.23

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