Platelet aggregation each agent teg at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$173.50

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.

$347.00

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.

$24.91 with aetna vs $270.66 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
aetna medicare advantage $24.91 ↓ -86%
united medicare advantage $24.91 ↓ -86%
united options $24.91 ↓ -86%
united nonoptions $24.91 ↓ -86%
united exchange $24.91 ↓ -86%
anthem hmo $24.91 ↓ -86%
anthem medicare advantage $24.91 ↓ -86%
anthem exchange hmo $24.91 ↓ -86%
anthem ppo $24.91 ↓ -86%
sentara health medicare advantage $25.41 ↓ -85%
kaiser medicare advantage $25.91 ↓ -85%
cigna medicare advantage $25.91 ↓ -85%
humana medicare advantage $27.40 ↓ -84%
anthem medicaid advantage $30.44 ↓ -82%
united medicaid advantage $31.05 ↓ -82%
sentara health medicaid advantage $31.35 ↓ -82%
humana medicaid advantage $31.66 ↓ -82%
aetna medicaid advantage $31.96 ↓ -82%
kaiser medicaid advantage $33.48 ↓ -81%
sentara health exchange $55.02 ↓ -68%
sentara health hmo $72.39 ↓ -58%
sentara health ppo $72.39 ↓ -58%
cigna hmo $101.20 ↓ -42%
cigna ppo $101.20 ↓ -42%
cigna exchange $101.20 ↓ -42%
carefirst hmo $135.95 ↓ -22%
carefirst ppo $151.25 ↓ -13%
aetna ppo $197.06 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $197.06 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $206.81 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $218.30 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $218.30 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $270.66 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $270.66 ↑ +56%

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Platelet aggregation each agent teg at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $173.50 $24.91 – $218.30
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $173.50 $24.91 – $218.30
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $173.50 $24.91 – $218.30
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $173.50 $24.91 – $218.30
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg $657.72 $24.73 – $100.70
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $21.68 – $36.12
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $21.68 – $111.37
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $21.68 – $26.65

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