Removal tunnled intprtnl cath at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$4,787.00

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.

$9,574.00

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.

$1,059.89 with anthem vs $8,740.58 with united — 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 medicaid advantage $1,059.89 ↓ -78%
united medicaid advantage $1,081.09 ↓ -77%
sentara health medicaid advantage $1,091.69 ↓ -77%
humana medicaid advantage $1,102.29 ↓ -77%
aetna medicaid advantage $1,112.88 ↓ -77%
kaiser medicaid advantage $1,165.88 ↓ -76%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↓ -68%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↓ -62%
cigna exchange $2,067.00 ↓ -57%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↓ -54%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↓ -47%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↓ -47%
cigna ppo $2,678.00 ↓ -44%
cigna hmo $2,678.00 ↓ -44%
aetna medicare advantage $3,147.50 ↓ -34%
anthem medicare advantage $3,147.50 ↓ -34%
united medicare advantage $3,147.50 ↓ -34%
sentara health medicare advantage $3,210.45 ↓ -33%
cigna medicare advantage $3,273.40 ↓ -32%
kaiser medicare advantage $3,273.40 ↓ -32%
humana medicare advantage $3,462.25 ↓ -28%
carefirst hmo $3,529.00 ↓ -26%
carefirst ppo $3,563.00 ↓ -26%
sentara health exchange $5,622.58 ↑ +17%
anthem exchange hmo $7,239.29 ↑ +51%
sentara health ppo $7,397.42 ↑ +55%
sentara health hmo $7,397.42 ↑ +55%
kaiser ppo $7,467.72 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $7,467.72 ↑ +56%
united exchange $7,764.64 ↑ +62%
anthem hmo $8,344.47 ↑ +74%
anthem ppo $8,344.47 ↑ +74%
united options $8,740.58 ↑ +83%
united nonoptions $8,740.58 ↑ +83%

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Removal tunnled intprtnl cath at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $4,787.00 $1,059.89 – $3,529.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $4,787.00 $1,059.89 – $3,529.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $4,787.00 $1,059.89 – $3,529.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $4,787.00 $1,059.89 – $3,529.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $996.45 $936.63 – $6,715.94
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $996.45 $936.64 – $6,715.94
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $2,501.00 $1,010.00 – $8,246.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $2,676.00 $2,587.00 – $3,234.74

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