Laryngoscopy w/fb removal at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$2,822.00

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.

$5,644.00

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.

$842.52 with anthem vs $4,571.83 with anthem — 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
anthem medicaid advantage $842.52 ↓ -70%
united medicaid advantage $859.37 ↓ -70%
sentara health medicaid advantage $867.80 ↓ -69%
humana medicaid advantage $876.22 ↓ -69%
aetna medicaid advantage $884.65 ↓ -69%
kaiser medicaid advantage $926.77 ↓ -67%
anthem medicare advantage $1,724.47 ↓ -39%
united medicare advantage $1,724.47 ↓ -39%
aetna medicare advantage $1,724.47 ↓ -39%
sentara health medicare advantage $1,758.96 ↓ -38%
kaiser medicare advantage $1,793.45 ↓ -36%
cigna medicare advantage $1,793.45 ↓ -36%
sentara health exchange $1,847.42 ↓ -35%
humana medicare advantage $1,896.92 ↓ -33%
innovation fully insured $2,149.00 ↓ -24%
sentara health hmo $2,430.58 ↓ -14%
sentara health ppo $2,430.58 ↓ -14%
united exchange $2,538.64 ↓ -10%
innovation self insured $2,589.00 ↓ -8%
cigna exchange $2,763.00 ↓ -2%
united options $2,857.22 ↑ +1%
united nonoptions $2,857.22 ↑ +1%
aetna fannie-mae $3,116.15 ↑ +10%
carefirst hmo $3,529.00 ↑ +25%
carefirst ppo $3,563.00 ↑ +26%
cigna ppo $3,580.00 ↑ +27%
cigna hmo $3,580.00 ↑ +27%
aetna hmo $3,645.00 ↑ +29%
aetna ppo $3,645.00 ↑ +29%
anthem exchange hmo $3,966.32 ↑ +41%
kaiser ppo $4,402.32 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $4,402.32 ↑ +56%
anthem ppo $4,571.83 ↑ +62%
anthem hmo $4,571.83 ↑ +62%

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Laryngoscopy w/fb removal at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $2,822.00 $842.52 – $3,529.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $2,822.00 $842.52 – $3,529.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $2,822.00 $842.52 – $3,529.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $2,822.00 $842.52 – $3,529.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $599.25 $298.66 – $3,785.83
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $599.25 $298.66 – $3,785.83
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $599.25 $298.66 – $3,995.00
Smyth County Community Hospital MARION $599.25 $298.66 – $3,785.83

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