Psytx pt w/e&m 38-52 min at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$203.00

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$406.00

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.

$180.99 with cigna vs $606.71 with carefirst — 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
cigna exchange $180.99 ↓ -11%
anthem medicaid advantage $210.28 ↑ +4%
united medicaid advantage $214.49 ↑ +6%
sentara health medicaid advantage $216.59 ↑ +7%
humana medicaid advantage $218.69 ↑ +8%
aetna medicaid advantage $220.79 ↑ +9%
united exchange $227.46 ↑ +12%
sentara health exchange $229.02 ↑ +13%
aetna ppo $230.57 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $230.57 ↑ +14%
kaiser medicaid advantage $231.31 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $241.98 ↑ +19%
cigna hmo $262.19 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $262.19 ↑ +29%
united options $278.95 ↑ +37%
united nonoptions $278.95 ↑ +37%
sentara health ppo $301.31 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $301.31 ↑ +48%
kaiser hmo $316.68 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $316.68 ↑ +56%
innovation self insured $471.00 ↑ +132%
innovation fully insured $505.00 ↑ +149%
carefirst hmo $576.54 ↑ +184%
carefirst ppo $606.71 ↑ +199%

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Psytx pt w/e&m 38-52 min at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $203.00 $180.99 – $576.54
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $203.00 $180.99 – $576.54
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $203.00 $180.99 – $576.54
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $203.00 $180.99 – $576.54
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA not published $594.98 – $594.98
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles not published $594.98 – $594.98

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