Intra-atrial pacing at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$3,558.50

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.

$7,117.00

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.

$850.54 with carefirst vs $22,932.00 with sentara health — 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
carefirst hmo $850.54 ↓ -76%
carefirst ppo $895.05 ↓ -75%
kaiser ppo $5,551.26 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $5,551.26 ↑ +56%
aetna medicare advantage $7,588.10 ↑ +113%
anthem medicare advantage $7,588.10 ↑ +113%
united medicare advantage $7,588.10 ↑ +113%
sentara health medicare advantage $7,739.86 ↑ +118%
cigna medicare advantage $7,891.62 ↑ +122%
kaiser medicare advantage $7,891.62 ↑ +122%
humana medicare advantage $8,346.91 ↑ +135%
united exchange $9,042.00 ↑ +154%
anthem medicaid advantage $9,814.25 ↑ +176%
united medicaid advantage $10,010.54 ↑ +181%
sentara health medicaid advantage $10,108.68 ↑ +184%
humana medicaid advantage $10,206.82 ↑ +187%
aetna medicaid advantage $10,304.96 ↑ +190%
kaiser medicaid advantage $10,795.68 ↑ +203%
united options $11,615.00 ↑ +226%
united nonoptions $11,615.00 ↑ +226%
innovation fully insured $12,223.00 ↑ +243%
cigna exchange $14,366.00 ↑ +304%
innovation self insured $14,747.00 ↑ +314%
aetna fannie-mae $15,930.18 ↑ +348%
sentara health exchange $17,430.01 ↑ +390%
anthem exchange hmo $17,452.75 ↑ +390%
cigna hmo $18,613.00 ↑ +423%
cigna ppo $18,613.00 ↑ +423%
aetna ppo $18,632.00 ↑ +424%
aetna hmo $18,632.00 ↑ +424%
anthem hmo $20,117.17 ↑ +465%
anthem ppo $20,117.17 ↑ +465%
sentara health ppo $22,932.00 ↑ +544%
sentara health hmo $22,932.00 ↑ +544%

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Intra-atrial pacing at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $3,558.50 $850.54 – $12,223.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $3,558.50 $850.54 – $12,223.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $3,558.50 $850.54 – $12,223.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $3,558.50 $850.54 – $12,223.00
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA $15,888.96 $877.74 – $877.74
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles not published $877.74 – $877.74

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