Ins/rpl prph sac/gstr npg/r at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

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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.

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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 $69,211.00 with united — 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
innovation self insured $2,589.00
cigna exchange $2,763.00
aetna fannie-mae $3,116.15
cigna hmo $3,580.00
cigna ppo $3,580.00
aetna hmo $3,645.00
aetna ppo $3,645.00
carefirst hmo $5,515.00
carefirst ppo $5,568.00
united medicare advantage $21,444.39
anthem medicare advantage $21,444.39
aetna medicare advantage $21,444.39
sentara health medicare advantage $21,873.28
cigna medicare advantage $22,302.17
kaiser medicare advantage $22,302.17
humana medicare advantage $23,588.83
anthem medicaid advantage $27,891.44
united medicaid advantage $28,449.27
sentara health medicaid advantage $28,728.18
humana medicaid advantage $29,007.10
aetna medicaid advantage $29,286.01
kaiser medicaid advantage $30,680.58
sentara health exchange $38,554.86
anthem exchange hmo $49,322.40
sentara health ppo $50,725.16
sentara health hmo $50,725.16
anthem ppo $56,852.19
anthem hmo $56,852.19
united exchange $60,889.00
united options $69,211.00
united nonoptions $69,211.00

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Ins/rpl prph sac/gstr npg/r at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria not published $2,149.00 – $23,588.83
St Mary's Hospital Richmond $89,277.64 $19,463.54 – $19,852.82
Mary Immaculate Hospital Newport News $85,291.10 $18,928.40 – $19,306.96
Memorial Regional Hospital Mechanicsville $95,752.73 $19,463.54 – $19,852.82
Southside Regional Medical Center Petersburg $52,705.98 $18,928.40 – $19,306.96
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church not published $2,149.00 – $23,588.83
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 not published $2,149.00 – $23,588.83
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg not published $2,149.00 – $23,588.83

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