Hematocrit at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$35.50

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.

$71.00

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.

$2.37 with aetna vs $55.38 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
aetna medicare advantage $2.37 ↓ -93%
anthem ppo $2.37 ↓ -93%
united options $2.37 ↓ -93%
united nonoptions $2.37 ↓ -93%
united exchange $2.37 ↓ -93%
anthem hmo $2.37 ↓ -93%
anthem medicare advantage $2.37 ↓ -93%
anthem exchange hmo $2.37 ↓ -93%
united medicare advantage $2.37 ↓ -93%
sentara health medicare advantage $2.42 ↓ -93%
cigna medicare advantage $2.46 ↓ -93%
kaiser medicare advantage $2.46 ↓ -93%
humana medicare advantage $2.61 ↓ -93%
sentara health exchange $5.24 ↓ -85%
sentara health ppo $6.89 ↓ -81%
sentara health hmo $6.89 ↓ -81%
anthem medicaid advantage $7.09 ↓ -80%
united medicaid advantage $7.23 ↓ -80%
sentara health medicaid advantage $7.30 ↓ -79%
humana medicaid advantage $7.37 ↓ -79%
aetna medicaid advantage $7.44 ↓ -79%
kaiser medicaid advantage $7.80 ↓ -78%
cigna ppo $9.63 ↓ -73%
cigna exchange $9.63 ↓ -73%
cigna hmo $9.63 ↓ -73%
carefirst hmo $14.99 ↓ -58%
carefirst ppo $16.68 ↓ -53%
aetna ppo $40.32 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $40.32 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $42.32 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $44.67 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $44.67 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $55.38 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $55.38 ↑ +56%

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Hematocrit at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $35.50 $2.37 – $44.67
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $165.00 $2.07 – $3.44
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $35.50 $2.37 – $44.67
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $35.50 $2.37 – $44.67
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $35.50 $2.37 – $44.67
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $141.00 $1.82 – $2.54
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $156.00 $2.07 – $3.44
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $140.00 $2.07 – $10.18

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