Prp i/hern init block >5 yr at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

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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.

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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.

$3,529.06 with united vs $11,070.00 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
united medicare advantage $3,529.06
aetna medicare advantage $3,529.06
anthem medicare advantage $3,529.06
sentara health medicare advantage $3,599.64
kaiser medicare advantage $3,670.22
cigna medicare advantage $3,670.22
innovation fully insured $3,689.00
humana medicare advantage $3,881.97
innovation self insured $4,448.00
anthem medicaid advantage $5,270.74
aetna fannie-mae $5,360.06
united medicaid advantage $5,376.15
sentara health medicaid advantage $5,428.86
humana medicaid advantage $5,481.57
aetna medicaid advantage $5,534.28
sentara health exchange $5,622.58
kaiser medicaid advantage $5,797.81
aetna hmo $6,269.00
aetna ppo $6,269.00
carefirst hmo $6,895.00
carefirst ppo $6,962.00
sentara health hmo $7,397.42
sentara health ppo $7,397.42
united exchange $7,764.64
anthem exchange hmo $8,116.89
cigna exchange $8,545.00
united options $8,740.58
united nonoptions $8,740.58
anthem ppo $9,356.05
anthem hmo $9,356.05
cigna ppo $11,070.00
cigna hmo $11,070.00

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Prp i/hern init block >5 yr at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria not published $3,529.06 – $6,895.00
Maryview Hospital Portsmouth $32,492.90 $3,493.34 – $3,563.21
St Mary's Hospital Richmond $31,676.77 $3,592.11 – $3,663.95
Mary Immaculate Hospital Newport News $18,950.78 $3,493.34 – $3,563.21
Harbour View Medical Center Suffolk $18,654.45 $3,493.34 – $3,493.34
Memorial Regional Hospital Mechanicsville $28,561.16 $3,592.11 – $3,663.95
Southside Regional Medical Center Petersburg $24,226.97 $3,493.34 – $3,563.21
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church not published $3,529.06 – $6,895.00

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