Remove ureter stent percut at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$3,524.00

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.

$7,048.00

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.

$1,509.00 with innovation vs $6,158.37 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
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↓ -57%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↓ -48%
aetna medicare advantage $2,048.51 ↓ -42%
united medicare advantage $2,048.51 ↓ -42%
anthem medicare advantage $2,048.51 ↓ -42%
cigna exchange $2,067.00 ↓ -41%
sentara health medicare advantage $2,089.48 ↓ -41%
cigna medicare advantage $2,130.45 ↓ -40%
kaiser medicare advantage $2,130.45 ↓ -40%
anthem medicaid advantage $2,144.61 ↓ -39%
united medicaid advantage $2,187.50 ↓ -38%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↓ -38%
sentara health medicaid advantage $2,208.95 ↓ -37%
humana medicaid advantage $2,230.39 ↓ -37%
aetna medicaid advantage $2,251.84 ↓ -36%
humana medicare advantage $2,253.36 ↓ -36%
kaiser medicaid advantage $2,359.07 ↓ -33%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↓ -27%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↓ -27%
cigna hmo $2,678.00 ↓ -24%
cigna ppo $2,678.00 ↓ -24%
kaiser ppo $2,748.72 ↓ -22%
kaiser hmo $2,748.72 ↓ -22%
carefirst hmo $3,529.00 ↑ +0%
carefirst ppo $3,563.00 ↑ +1%
sentara health exchange $3,855.49 ↑ +9%
anthem exchange hmo $4,711.59 ↑ +34%
sentara health ppo $5,072.52 ↑ +44%
sentara health hmo $5,072.52 ↑ +44%
anthem hmo $5,430.89 ↑ +54%
anthem ppo $5,430.89 ↑ +54%
united exchange $5,470.40 ↑ +55%
united options $6,158.37 ↑ +75%
united nonoptions $6,158.37 ↑ +75%

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Remove ureter stent percut at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $3,524.00 $1,509.00 – $3,529.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $3,524.00 $1,509.00 – $3,529.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $3,524.00 $1,509.00 – $3,529.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $3,524.00 $1,509.00 – $3,529.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $9,426.90 $1,895.22 – $4,446.23
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $9,426.90 $1,895.24 – $4,446.23
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $3,274.00 $1,010.00 – $5,978.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $3,503.00 $2,080.35 – $2,603.00

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