Ins pq tunnld ip cath w/img at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$5,377.00

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.

$10,754.00

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.

$2,149.00 with innovation vs $11,070.00 with cigna — 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
innovation fully insured $2,149.00 ↓ -60%
innovation self insured $2,589.00 ↓ -52%
aetna fannie-mae $3,116.15 ↓ -42%
united medicare advantage $3,529.06 ↓ -34%
aetna medicare advantage $3,529.06 ↓ -34%
anthem medicare advantage $3,529.06 ↓ -34%
sentara health medicare advantage $3,599.64 ↓ -33%
aetna ppo $3,645.00 ↓ -32%
aetna hmo $3,645.00 ↓ -32%
cigna medicare advantage $3,670.22 ↓ -32%
kaiser medicare advantage $3,670.22 ↓ -32%
humana medicare advantage $3,881.97 ↓ -28%
anthem medicaid advantage $5,425.74 ↑ +1%
carefirst hmo $5,515.00 ↑ +3%
united medicaid advantage $5,534.25 ↑ +3%
carefirst ppo $5,568.00 ↑ +4%
sentara health medicaid advantage $5,588.51 ↑ +4%
sentara health exchange $5,622.58 ↑ +5%
humana medicaid advantage $5,642.77 ↑ +5%
aetna medicaid advantage $5,697.03 ↑ +6%
kaiser medicaid advantage $5,968.31 ↑ +11%
sentara health ppo $7,397.42 ↑ +38%
sentara health hmo $7,397.42 ↑ +38%
united exchange $7,764.64 ↑ +44%
anthem exchange hmo $8,116.89 ↑ +51%
kaiser ppo $8,388.12 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $8,388.12 ↑ +56%
cigna exchange $8,545.00 ↑ +59%
united options $8,740.58 ↑ +63%
united nonoptions $8,740.58 ↑ +63%
anthem hmo $9,356.05 ↑ +74%
anthem ppo $9,356.05 ↑ +74%
cigna ppo $11,070.00 ↑ +106%
cigna hmo $11,070.00 ↑ +106%

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Ins pq tunnld ip cath w/img at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $5,377.00 $2,149.00 – $5,515.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $5,377.00 $2,149.00 – $5,515.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $5,377.00 $2,149.00 – $5,515.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $5,377.00 $2,149.00 – $5,515.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $1,120.80 $2,891.36 – $7,615.49
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $1,120.80 $3,493.34 – $7,615.49
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $4,653.00 $2,670.00 – $8,246.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $4,978.50 $3,563.21 – $10,469.00

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