Idursulfase injection at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$739.64

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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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$1,479.28

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.

$558.46 with anthem vs $26,429.57 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 exchange hmo $558.46 ↓ -24%
anthem medicare advantage $558.46 ↓ -24%
united medicare advantage $558.46 ↓ -24%
aetna medicare advantage $558.46 ↓ -24%
anthem hmo $558.46 ↓ -24%
anthem ppo $558.46 ↓ -24%
sentara health medicare advantage $569.63 ↓ -23%
cigna medicare advantage $580.79 ↓ -21%
kaiser medicare advantage $580.79 ↓ -21%
humana medicare advantage $614.30 ↓ -17%
cigna ppo $779.74 ↑ +5%
cigna exchange $779.74 ↑ +5%
cigna hmo $779.74 ↑ +5%
sentara health exchange $831.20 ↑ +12%
carefirst hmo $869.45 ↑ +18%
carefirst ppo $869.45 ↑ +18%
united options $921.62 ↑ +25%
united exchange $921.62 ↑ +25%
united nonoptions $921.62 ↑ +25%
sentara health ppo $1,093.58 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $1,093.58 ↑ +48%
kaiser hmo $1,153.84 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $1,153.84 ↑ +56%
anthem medicaid advantage $24,026.88 ↑ +3148%
united medicaid advantage $24,507.42 ↑ +3213%
sentara health medicaid advantage $24,747.69 ↑ +3246%
humana medicaid advantage $24,987.96 ↑ +3278%
aetna medicaid advantage $25,228.22 ↑ +3311%
kaiser medicaid advantage $26,429.57 ↑ +3473%

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Idursulfase injection at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $739.64 $558.46 – $869.45
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $739.64 $558.46 – $869.45
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $739.64 $558.46 – $869.45
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $739.64 $558.46 – $869.45
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $461.18 – $1,478.97
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $461.18 – $1,478.97
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $461.18 – $1,478.97
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $406.93 – $1,478.97

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