Ihc/icc per specimen initial single antibody stain at Inova Alexandria Hospital
4320 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1255684460
$253.50
Cash price 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.
$507.00
Gross charge 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.
$152.32 with united vs $454.31 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| united | exchange | $152.32 | ↓ -40% |
| united | nonoptions | $152.32 | ↓ -40% |
| united | options | $152.32 | ↓ -40% |
| carefirst | hmo | $152.80 | ↓ -40% |
| sentara health | exchange | $155.62 | ↓ -39% |
| carefirst | ppo | $170.00 | ↓ -33% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $171.36 | ↓ -32% |
| united | medicare advantage | $171.36 | ↓ -32% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $171.36 | ↓ -32% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $174.79 | ↓ -31% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $178.21 | ↓ -30% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $178.21 | ↓ -30% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $188.50 | ↓ -26% |
| sentara health | ppo | $204.74 | ↓ -19% |
| sentara health | hmo | $204.74 | ↓ -19% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $231.10 | ↓ -9% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $235.72 | ↓ -7% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $238.03 | ↓ -6% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $240.34 | ↓ -5% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $242.66 | ↓ -4% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $254.21 | ↑ +0% |
| cigna | ppo | $271.20 | ↑ +7% |
| cigna | hmo | $271.20 | ↑ +7% |
| cigna | exchange | $271.20 | ↑ +7% |
| aetna | ppo | $287.93 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | hmo | $287.93 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $302.17 | ↑ +19% |
| innovation | fully insured | $318.95 | ↑ +26% |
| innovation | self insured | $318.95 | ↑ +26% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $394.14 | ↑ +55% |
| kaiser | hmo | $395.46 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | ppo | $395.46 | ↑ +56% |
| anthem | hmo | $454.31 | ↑ +79% |
| anthem | ppo | $454.31 | ↑ +79% |
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Ihc/icc per specimen initial single antibody stain at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $253.50 | $152.32 – $318.95 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $253.50 | $152.32 – $318.95 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $253.50 | $152.32 – $318.95 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $253.50 | $152.32 – $318.95 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | $510.00 | $149.16 – $666.89 |
| TRICITIES HOSPITAL | HOPEWELL | $510.00 | $149.16 – $433.61 |
| RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER | VIENNA | $430.90 | $136.94 – $718.95 |
| SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | Fredericksburg | $853.20 | $149.16 – $566.51 |