Insitu hybridization auto at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$697.00

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.

$1,394.00

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.

$180.16 with sentara health vs $1,087.32 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
sentara health exchange $180.16 ↓ -74%
anthem medicaid advantage $231.10 ↓ -67%
united medicaid advantage $235.72 ↓ -66%
sentara health hmo $237.02 ↓ -66%
sentara health ppo $237.02 ↓ -66%
sentara health medicaid advantage $238.03 ↓ -66%
humana medicaid advantage $240.34 ↓ -66%
aetna medicaid advantage $242.66 ↓ -65%
kaiser medicaid advantage $254.21 ↓ -64%
carefirst hmo $263.15 ↓ -62%
carefirst ppo $292.77 ↓ -58%
united nonoptions $297.45 ↓ -57%
united exchange $297.45 ↓ -57%
united options $297.45 ↓ -57%
cigna exchange $333.13 ↓ -52%
cigna ppo $333.13 ↓ -52%
cigna hmo $333.13 ↓ -52%
united medicare advantage $359.72 ↓ -48%
aetna medicare advantage $359.72 ↓ -48%
anthem medicare advantage $359.72 ↓ -48%
sentara health medicare advantage $366.91 ↓ -47%
cigna medicare advantage $374.11 ↓ -46%
kaiser medicare advantage $374.11 ↓ -46%
humana medicare advantage $395.69 ↓ -43%
aetna ppo $791.65 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $791.65 ↑ +14%
anthem exchange hmo $827.35 ↑ +19%
aetna fannie-mae $830.82 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $876.97 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $876.97 ↑ +26%
anthem hmo $953.66 ↑ +37%
anthem ppo $953.66 ↑ +37%
kaiser hmo $1,087.32 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $1,087.32 ↑ +56%

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Insitu hybridization auto at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $697.00 $180.16 – $876.97
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $167.00 $291.26 – $1,644.16
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $697.00 $180.16 – $876.97
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $697.00 $180.16 – $876.97
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $697.00 $180.16 – $876.97
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $1,930.00 $291.26 – $1,302.22
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $1,420.00 $291.26 – $1,249.51
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $1,818.00 $291.26 – $1,635.13

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