Laryngoscopy telescopic at Inova Alexandria Hospital
4320 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1255684460
$832.00
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,664.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$388.31 with aetna vs $3,645.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| aetna | medicare advantage | $388.31 | ↓ -53% |
| united | medicare advantage | $388.31 | ↓ -53% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $388.31 | ↓ -53% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $396.08 | ↓ -52% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $403.84 | ↓ -51% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $403.84 | ↓ -51% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $427.14 | ↓ -49% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $842.52 | ↑ +1% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $859.37 | ↑ +3% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $867.80 | ↑ +4% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $876.22 | ↑ +5% |
| sentara health | exchange | $883.55 | ↑ +6% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $884.65 | ↑ +6% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $893.13 | ↑ +7% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $926.77 | ↑ +11% |
| anthem | hmo | $1,029.47 | ↑ +24% |
| anthem | ppo | $1,029.47 | ↑ +24% |
| carefirst | hmo | $1,043.00 | ↑ +25% |
| carefirst | ppo | $1,054.00 | ↑ +27% |
| united | exchange | $1,127.36 | ↑ +36% |
| sentara health | ppo | $1,162.45 | ↑ +40% |
| sentara health | hmo | $1,162.45 | ↑ +40% |
| united | options | $1,269.99 | ↑ +53% |
| united | nonoptions | $1,269.99 | ↑ +53% |
| kaiser | hmo | $1,297.92 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | ppo | $1,297.92 | ↑ +56% |
| cigna | exchange | $2,067.00 | ↑ +148% |
| innovation | fully insured | $2,149.00 | ↑ +158% |
| innovation | self insured | $2,589.00 | ↑ +211% |
| cigna | ppo | $2,678.00 | ↑ +222% |
| cigna | hmo | $2,678.00 | ↑ +222% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $3,116.15 | ↑ +275% |
| aetna | ppo | $3,645.00 | ↑ +338% |
| aetna | hmo | $3,645.00 | ↑ +338% |
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Laryngoscopy telescopic at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $832.00 | $388.31 – $2,149.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $832.00 | $388.31 – $2,149.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $832.00 | $388.31 – $2,149.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $832.00 | $388.31 – $2,149.00 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $528.00 | $389.24 – $1,010.00 |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | $722.50 | $389.24 – $2,603.00 |
| Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital | South Boston | $578.00 | not published |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital | Norfolk | $722.50 | $389.24 – $3,408.00 |