Gu dilat ureter/urethra s&i at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$476.00

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.

$952.00

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.

$294.34 with anthem vs $5,430.89 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.

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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 $294.34 ↓ -38%
united medicaid advantage $300.23 ↓ -37%
sentara health medicaid advantage $303.17 ↓ -36%
humana medicaid advantage $306.11 ↓ -36%
aetna medicaid advantage $309.06 ↓ -35%
kaiser medicaid advantage $323.77 ↓ -32%
cigna exchange $424.40 ↓ -11%
sentara health exchange $537.01 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $540.64 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $540.64 ↑ +14%
carefirst hmo $552.27 ↑ +16%
aetna fannie-mae $567.39 ↑ +19%
carefirst ppo $599.19 ↑ +26%
cigna hmo $614.80 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $614.80 ↑ +29%
innovation fully insured $627.37 ↑ +32%
innovation self insured $627.37 ↑ +32%
sentara health ppo $706.53 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $706.53 ↑ +48%
kaiser ppo $742.56 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $742.56 ↑ +56%
united medicare advantage $2,048.51 ↑ +330%
aetna medicare advantage $2,048.51 ↑ +330%
anthem medicare advantage $2,048.51 ↑ +330%
sentara health medicare advantage $2,089.48 ↑ +339%
kaiser medicare advantage $2,130.45 ↑ +348%
cigna medicare advantage $2,130.45 ↑ +348%
humana medicare advantage $2,253.36 ↑ +373%
united nonoptions $4,114.46 ↑ +764%
united exchange $4,114.46 ↑ +764%
united options $4,114.46 ↑ +764%
anthem exchange hmo $4,711.59 ↑ +890%
anthem ppo $5,430.89 ↑ +1041%
anthem hmo $5,430.89 ↑ +1041%

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Gu dilat ureter/urethra s&i at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $476.00 $294.34 – $627.37
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $476.00 $294.34 – $627.37
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $476.00 $294.34 – $627.37
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $476.00 $294.34 – $627.37
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $2,785.00 $121.76 – $4,034.23
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $204.43 – $4,034.23
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $167.28 – $4,034.23
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $138.22 – $4,034.23

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