Mr sfty implt&/fb asmt stf 1 at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$37.00

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.

$74.00

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.

$24.49 with anthem vs $64.94 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 medicare advantage $24.49 ↓ -34%
aetna medicare advantage $24.49 ↓ -34%
united medicare advantage $24.49 ↓ -34%
sentara health medicare advantage $24.98 ↓ -32%
kaiser medicare advantage $25.47 ↓ -31%
cigna medicare advantage $25.47 ↓ -31%
humana medicare advantage $26.94 ↓ -27%
cigna exchange $32.99 ↓ -11%
carefirst hmo $40.70 ↑ +10%
aetna ppo $42.02 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $42.02 ↑ +14%
carefirst ppo $42.92 ↑ +16%
aetna fannie-mae $44.10 ↑ +19%
cigna ppo $47.79 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $47.79 ↑ +29%
innovation self insured $48.77 ↑ +32%
innovation fully insured $48.77 ↑ +32%
united nonoptions $55.10 ↑ +49%
united exchange $55.10 ↑ +49%
united options $55.10 ↑ +49%
anthem exchange hmo $56.34 ↑ +52%
kaiser hmo $57.72 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $57.72 ↑ +56%
anthem hmo $64.94 ↑ +76%
anthem ppo $64.94 ↑ +76%

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Mr sfty implt&/fb asmt stf 1 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $37.00 $24.49 – $48.77
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $67.00 $55.10 – $59.07
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $37.00 $24.49 – $48.77
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $37.00 $24.49 – $48.77
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $37.00 $24.49 – $48.77
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $63.00 $35.18 – $55.10
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $25.00 $48.33 – $55.10
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $25.00 $39.94 – $55.10

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