Quant diff pulm perf w/imaging at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$741.50

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.

$1,483.00

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.

$401.83 with aetna vs $1,440.58 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 $401.83 ↓ -46%
anthem medicare advantage $401.83 ↓ -46%
united medicare advantage $401.83 ↓ -46%
sentara health medicare advantage $409.87 ↓ -45%
cigna medicare advantage $417.90 ↓ -44%
kaiser medicare advantage $417.90 ↓ -44%
humana medicare advantage $442.01 ↓ -40%
cigna exchange $661.12 ↓ -11%
sentara health exchange $836.54 ↑ +13%
aetna ppo $842.20 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $842.20 ↑ +14%
united exchange $866.23 ↑ +17%
united options $866.23 ↑ +17%
united nonoptions $866.23 ↑ +17%
aetna fannie-mae $883.87 ↑ +19%
anthem exchange hmo $924.22 ↑ +25%
cigna hmo $957.72 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $957.72 ↑ +29%
innovation fully insured $977.30 ↑ +32%
innovation self insured $977.30 ↑ +32%
anthem ppo $1,065.31 ↑ +44%
anthem hmo $1,065.31 ↑ +44%
sentara health hmo $1,100.61 ↑ +48%
sentara health ppo $1,100.61 ↑ +48%
kaiser ppo $1,156.74 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $1,156.74 ↑ +56%
carefirst hmo $1,248.85 ↑ +68%
anthem medicaid advantage $1,309.62 ↑ +77%
united medicaid advantage $1,335.81 ↑ +80%
sentara health medicaid advantage $1,348.91 ↑ +82%
carefirst ppo $1,354.96 ↑ +83%
humana medicaid advantage $1,362.00 ↑ +84%
aetna medicaid advantage $1,375.10 ↑ +85%
kaiser medicaid advantage $1,440.58 ↑ +94%

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Quant diff pulm perf w/imaging at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $741.50 $401.83 – $1,248.85
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $741.50 $401.83 – $1,248.85
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $741.50 $401.83 – $1,248.85
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $741.50 $401.83 – $1,248.85
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA $2,928.63 $126.05 – $1,567.18
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $170.81 – $848.52
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $101.73 – $976.37
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $139.77 – $848.52

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