Insertion of catheter vein at Inova Alexandria Hospital
4320 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1255684460
$851.00
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,702.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$777.81 with cigna vs $2,561.00 with aetna — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| cigna | exchange | $777.81 | ↓ -9% |
| sentara health | exchange | $883.55 | ↑ +4% |
| carefirst | hmo | $943.00 | ↑ +11% |
| carefirst | ppo | $953.00 | ↑ +12% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $967.43 | ↑ +14% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $986.78 | ↑ +16% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $996.45 | ↑ +17% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $1,006.13 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $1,015.80 | ↑ +19% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $1,064.17 | ↑ +25% |
| cigna | hmo | $1,099.15 | ↑ +29% |
| cigna | ppo | $1,099.15 | ↑ +29% |
| united | exchange | $1,127.36 | ↑ +32% |
| sentara health | ppo | $1,162.45 | ↑ +37% |
| sentara health | hmo | $1,162.45 | ↑ +37% |
| united | options | $1,269.99 | ↑ +49% |
| united | nonoptions | $1,269.99 | ↑ +49% |
| kaiser | hmo | $1,327.56 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | ppo | $1,327.56 | ↑ +56% |
| innovation | fully insured | $1,509.00 | ↑ +77% |
| innovation | self insured | $1,822.00 | ↑ +114% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $2,190.02 | ↑ +157% |
| aetna | ppo | $2,561.00 | ↑ +201% |
| aetna | hmo | $2,561.00 | ↑ +201% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Insertion of catheter vein at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $851.00 | $777.81 – $1,509.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $851.00 | $777.81 – $1,509.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $851.00 | $777.81 – $1,509.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $851.00 | $777.81 – $1,509.00 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $546.75 | $854.93 – $897.68 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $546.75 | $854.94 – $897.69 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $1,423.50 | $511.00 – $2,004.00 |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | $419.00 | $484.00 – $3,988.00 |