Iliac/fem angio cath insert at Inova Alexandria Hospital
4320 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1255684460
$256.00
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.
$512.00
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.
$228.25 with cigna vs $7,371.95 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.
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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| cigna | exchange | $228.25 | ↓ -11% |
| united | exchange | $286.84 | ↑ +12% |
| cigna | hmo | $330.65 | ↑ +29% |
| cigna | ppo | $330.65 | ↑ +29% |
| united | nonoptions | $351.78 | ↑ +37% |
| united | options | $351.78 | ↑ +37% |
| kaiser | ppo | $399.36 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | hmo | $399.36 | ↑ +56% |
| carefirst | hmo | $435.23 | ↑ +70% |
| carefirst | ppo | $458.00 | ↑ +79% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $6,701.77 | ↑ +2518% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $6,835.81 | ↑ +2570% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $6,902.82 | ↑ +2596% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $6,969.84 | ↑ +2623% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $7,036.86 | ↑ +2649% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $7,371.95 | ↑ +2780% |
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Iliac/fem angio cath insert at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $256.00 | $228.25 – $7,036.86 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $256.00 | $228.25 – $7,036.86 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $256.00 | $228.25 – $7,036.86 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $256.00 | $228.25 – $7,036.86 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | not published | $58.15 – $58.15 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | not published | $34.64 – $34.64 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | not published | $47.59 – $47.59 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI | PULASKI | not published | $39.32 – $39.32 |