Mapping io sentinel lymph node at Inova Alexandria Hospital
4320 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1255684460
$1,256.00
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.
$2,512.00
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.
$497.88 with anthem vs $2,561.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $497.88 | ↓ -60% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $507.84 | ↓ -60% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $512.82 | ↓ -59% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $517.80 | ↓ -59% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $522.77 | ↓ -58% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $547.67 | ↓ -56% |
| cigna | exchange | $573.99 | ↓ -54% |
| cigna | ppo | $811.12 | ↓ -35% |
| cigna | hmo | $811.12 | ↓ -35% |
| sentara health | exchange | $883.55 | ↓ -30% |
| carefirst | hmo | $943.00 | ↓ -25% |
| carefirst | ppo | $953.00 | ↓ -24% |
| kaiser | ppo | $979.68 | ↓ -22% |
| kaiser | hmo | $979.68 | ↓ -22% |
| united | exchange | $1,127.36 | ↓ -10% |
| sentara health | ppo | $1,162.45 | ↓ -7% |
| sentara health | hmo | $1,162.45 | ↓ -7% |
| united | nonoptions | $1,269.99 | ↑ +1% |
| united | options | $1,269.99 | ↑ +1% |
| innovation | fully insured | $1,509.00 | ↑ +20% |
| innovation | self insured | $1,822.00 | ↑ +45% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $2,190.02 | ↑ +74% |
| aetna | ppo | $2,561.00 | ↑ +104% |
| aetna | hmo | $2,561.00 | ↑ +104% |
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Mapping io sentinel lymph node at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $1,256.00 | $497.88 – $1,509.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $1,256.00 | $497.88 – $1,509.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $1,256.00 | $497.88 – $1,509.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $1,256.00 | $497.88 – $1,509.00 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | not published | $511.00 – $2,004.00 |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | not published | $484.00 – $3,988.00 |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital | Norfolk | not published | $2,350.00 – $5,220.00 |
| Sentara CarePlex Hospital | Hampton | not published | $2,350.00 – $2,350.00 |