Psychthrp grp 45-50min mcr at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$287.00

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.

$574.00

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.

$253.13 with anthem vs $447.72 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 exchange hmo $253.13 ↓ -12%
cigna exchange $255.89 ↓ -11%
anthem ppo $285.85 ↓ -0%
anthem hmo $285.85 ↓ -0%
carefirst hmo $315.70 ↑ +10%
united exchange $321.58 ↑ +12%
carefirst ppo $332.92 ↑ +16%
anthem medicaid advantage $362.65 ↑ +26%
united medicaid advantage $369.90 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $370.69 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $370.69 ↑ +29%
sentara health medicaid advantage $373.53 ↑ +30%
humana medicaid advantage $377.16 ↑ +31%
aetna medicaid advantage $380.78 ↑ +33%
united nonoptions $394.38 ↑ +37%
united options $394.38 ↑ +37%
kaiser medicaid advantage $398.92 ↑ +39%
kaiser ppo $447.72 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $447.72 ↑ +56%

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Psychthrp grp 45-50min mcr at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $287.00 $253.13 – $398.92
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $287.00 $253.13 – $398.92
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $287.00 $253.13 – $398.92
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $287.00 $253.13 – $398.92
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $100.50 not published
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $162.50 not published
Sentara RMH Medical Center Harrisonburg $100.50 not published
Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital Virginia Beach $133.00 not published

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