Mecp2 gene known variant at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$165.50

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.

$331.00

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.

$41.49 with carefirst vs $487.50 with cigna — 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 $41.49 ↓ -75%
carefirst ppo $46.17 ↓ -72%
anthem medicaid advantage $51.70 ↓ -69%
united medicaid advantage $52.73 ↓ -68%
sentara health medicaid advantage $53.25 ↓ -68%
humana medicaid advantage $53.77 ↓ -68%
aetna medicaid advantage $54.29 ↓ -67%
kaiser medicaid advantage $56.87 ↓ -66%
anthem hmo $120.00 ↓ -27%
united medicare advantage $120.00 ↓ -27%
united options $120.00 ↓ -27%
united nonoptions $120.00 ↓ -27%
united exchange $120.00 ↓ -27%
aetna medicare advantage $120.00 ↓ -27%
anthem ppo $120.00 ↓ -27%
anthem exchange hmo $120.00 ↓ -27%
anthem medicare advantage $120.00 ↓ -27%
sentara health medicare advantage $122.40 ↓ -26%
kaiser medicare advantage $124.80 ↓ -25%
cigna medicare advantage $124.80 ↓ -25%
humana medicare advantage $132.00 ↓ -20%
aetna hmo $187.97 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $187.97 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $197.28 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $208.23 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $208.23 ↑ +26%
kaiser ppo $258.18 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $258.18 ↑ +56%
sentara health exchange $265.06 ↑ +60%
sentara health ppo $348.74 ↑ +111%
sentara health hmo $348.74 ↑ +111%
cigna hmo $487.50 ↑ +195%
cigna exchange $487.50 ↑ +195%
cigna ppo $487.50 ↑ +195%

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Mecp2 gene known variant at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $165.50 $41.49 – $208.23
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $165.50 $41.49 – $208.23
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $165.50 $41.49 – $208.23
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $165.50 $41.49 – $208.23
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $120.00 – $174.00
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $120.00 – $536.52
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $120.00 – $128.40
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $120.00 – $128.40

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