Insert drug delivery implant at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$564.50

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.

$1,129.00

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.

$128.90 with aetna vs $2,561.00 with aetna — 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 $128.90 ↓ -77%
united medicare advantage $128.90 ↓ -77%
anthem medicare advantage $128.90 ↓ -77%
sentara health medicare advantage $131.48 ↓ -77%
kaiser medicare advantage $134.06 ↓ -76%
cigna medicare advantage $134.06 ↓ -76%
humana medicare advantage $141.79 ↓ -75%
anthem medicaid advantage $251.22 ↓ -55%
united medicaid advantage $256.24 ↓ -55%
sentara health medicaid advantage $258.76 ↓ -54%
humana medicaid advantage $261.27 ↓ -54%
aetna medicaid advantage $263.78 ↓ -53%
kaiser medicaid advantage $276.34 ↓ -51%
anthem exchange hmo $296.48 ↓ -47%
anthem ppo $341.74 ↓ -39%
anthem hmo $341.74 ↓ -39%
cigna exchange $515.95 ↓ -9%
cigna ppo $729.11 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $729.11 ↑ +29%
kaiser ppo $880.62 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $880.62 ↑ +56%
sentara health exchange $883.55 ↑ +57%
carefirst hmo $1,043.00 ↑ +85%
carefirst ppo $1,054.00 ↑ +87%
united exchange $1,127.36 ↑ +100%
sentara health ppo $1,162.45 ↑ +106%
sentara health hmo $1,162.45 ↑ +106%
united options $1,269.99 ↑ +125%
united nonoptions $1,269.99 ↑ +125%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↑ +167%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +223%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +288%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +354%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +354%

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Insert drug delivery implant at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $564.50 $128.90 – $1,509.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $564.50 $128.90 – $1,509.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $564.50 $128.90 – $1,509.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $564.50 $128.90 – $1,509.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $988.00 $132.41 – $2,845.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $1,057.00 $132.41 – $3,988.00
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $55.35 $65.88 – $311.55
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $1,381.00 $133.46 – $137.38

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