Nm imaging gastric emptying study at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$1,274.00

Cash price

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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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$2,548.00

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.

$401.83 with anthem vs $1,987.44 with kaiser — 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 $401.83 ↓ -68%
united medicare advantage $401.83 ↓ -68%
aetna medicare advantage $401.83 ↓ -68%
sentara health medicare advantage $409.87 ↓ -68%
cigna medicare advantage $417.90 ↓ -67%
kaiser medicare advantage $417.90 ↓ -67%
humana medicare advantage $442.01 ↓ -65%
anthem medicaid advantage $531.39 ↓ -58%
united medicaid advantage $542.02 ↓ -57%
sentara health medicaid advantage $547.33 ↓ -57%
humana medicaid advantage $552.65 ↓ -57%
aetna medicaid advantage $557.96 ↓ -56%
kaiser medicaid advantage $584.53 ↓ -54%
carefirst hmo $736.73 ↓ -42%
carefirst ppo $799.32 ↓ -37%
united exchange $866.23 ↓ -32%
united options $866.23 ↓ -32%
united nonoptions $866.23 ↓ -32%
anthem exchange hmo $924.22 ↓ -27%
anthem hmo $1,065.31 ↓ -16%
anthem ppo $1,065.31 ↓ -16%
cigna exchange $1,135.90 ↓ -11%
sentara health exchange $1,437.30 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $1,447.01 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $1,447.01 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $1,518.61 ↑ +19%
cigna ppo $1,645.50 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $1,645.50 ↑ +29%
innovation fully insured $1,679.13 ↑ +32%
innovation self insured $1,679.13 ↑ +32%
sentara health ppo $1,891.00 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $1,891.00 ↑ +48%
kaiser hmo $1,987.44 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $1,987.44 ↑ +56%

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Nm imaging gastric emptying study at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,274.00 $401.83 – $1,679.13
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $3,919.00 $184.42 – $848.52
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,274.00 $401.83 – $1,679.13
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,274.00 $401.83 – $1,679.13
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,274.00 $401.83 – $1,679.13
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $3,087.00 $109.84 – $1,721.23
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $5,382.00 $150.90 – $848.52
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $5,276.00 $124.69 – $848.52

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