Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion at Inova Alexandria Hospital
4320 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1255684460
$1,333.00
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.
$2,666.00
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.
$538.27 with united vs $2,079.48 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.
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 |
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| united | medicare advantage | $538.27 | ↓ -60% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $538.27 | ↓ -60% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $538.27 | ↓ -60% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $549.04 | ↓ -59% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $559.80 | ↓ -58% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $559.80 | ↓ -58% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $592.10 | ↓ -56% |
| carefirst | hmo | $1,010.72 | ↓ -24% |
| carefirst | ppo | $1,096.60 | ↓ -18% |
| united | exchange | $1,124.51 | ↓ -16% |
| united | options | $1,124.51 | ↓ -16% |
| united | nonoptions | $1,124.51 | ↓ -16% |
| cigna | exchange | $1,188.50 | ↓ -11% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $1,238.03 | ↓ -7% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $1,309.62 | ↓ -2% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $1,335.81 | ↑ +0% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $1,348.91 | ↑ +1% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $1,362.00 | ↑ +2% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $1,375.10 | ↑ +3% |
| anthem | hmo | $1,427.03 | ↑ +7% |
| anthem | ppo | $1,427.03 | ↑ +7% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $1,440.58 | ↑ +8% |
| sentara health | exchange | $1,503.86 | ↑ +13% |
| aetna | hmo | $1,514.02 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | ppo | $1,514.02 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $1,588.94 | ↑ +19% |
| cigna | ppo | $1,721.70 | ↑ +29% |
| cigna | hmo | $1,721.70 | ↑ +29% |
| innovation | fully insured | $1,756.89 | ↑ +32% |
| innovation | self insured | $1,756.89 | ↑ +32% |
| sentara health | ppo | $1,978.57 | ↑ +48% |
| sentara health | hmo | $1,978.57 | ↑ +48% |
| kaiser | hmo | $2,079.48 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | ppo | $2,079.48 | ↑ +56% |
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Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $1,333.00 | $538.27 – $1,756.89 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | $4,113.00 | $249.68 – $1,101.15 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $1,333.00 | $538.27 – $1,756.89 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $1,333.00 | $538.27 – $1,756.89 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $1,333.00 | $538.27 – $1,756.89 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | $6,261.00 | $148.71 – $1,648.17 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | $3,749.00 | $204.31 – $1,101.15 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI | PULASKI | $9,240.00 | $168.82 – $1,101.15 |