Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe hsv-1 at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$265.00

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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.

$530.00

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.

$35.09 with aetna vs $413.40 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 $35.09 ↓ -87%
united medicare advantage $35.09 ↓ -87%
united options $35.09 ↓ -87%
united nonoptions $35.09 ↓ -87%
united exchange $35.09 ↓ -87%
anthem hmo $35.09 ↓ -87%
anthem medicare advantage $35.09 ↓ -87%
anthem exchange hmo $35.09 ↓ -87%
anthem ppo $35.09 ↓ -87%
sentara health medicare advantage $35.79 ↓ -86%
kaiser medicare advantage $36.49 ↓ -86%
cigna medicare advantage $36.49 ↓ -86%
humana medicare advantage $38.60 ↓ -85%
anthem medicaid advantage $69.10 ↓ -74%
united medicaid advantage $70.48 ↓ -73%
sentara health medicaid advantage $71.17 ↓ -73%
humana medicaid advantage $71.86 ↓ -73%
aetna medicaid advantage $72.56 ↓ -73%
kaiser medicaid advantage $76.01 ↓ -71%
sentara health exchange $77.51 ↓ -71%
sentara health hmo $101.98 ↓ -62%
sentara health ppo $101.98 ↓ -62%
cigna hmo $142.58 ↓ -46%
cigna ppo $142.58 ↓ -46%
cigna exchange $142.58 ↓ -46%
carefirst hmo $222.15 ↓ -16%
carefirst ppo $247.16 ↓ -7%
aetna ppo $300.99 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $300.99 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $315.88 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $333.42 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $333.42 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $413.40 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $413.40 ↑ +56%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe hsv-1 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $265.00 $35.09 – $333.42
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $1,535.00 $30.54 – $50.88
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $265.00 $35.09 – $333.42
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $265.00 $35.09 – $333.42
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $265.00 $35.09 – $333.42
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $953.00 $30.54 – $156.89
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $1,211.00 $30.54 – $37.55
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $1,176.00 $26.95 – $37.55

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