Revise/replace knee joint at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

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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.

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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.

$3,275.00 with innovation vs $34,111.81 with anthem — 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 $3,275.00
innovation self insured $4,492.00
aetna fannie-mae $5,409.47
aetna hmo $6,327.00
aetna ppo $6,327.00
sentara health exchange $8,674.84
sentara health ppo $11,413.16
sentara health hmo $11,413.16
anthem medicaid advantage $13,575.50
united medicaid advantage $13,847.01
sentara health medicaid advantage $13,982.77
humana medicaid advantage $14,118.52
aetna medicaid advantage $14,254.28
kaiser medicaid advantage $14,933.05
carefirst hmo $16,441.00
carefirst ppo $16,600.00
united exchange $24,622.00
united options $27,718.33
united nonoptions $27,718.33
anthem exchange hmo $29,593.87
anthem hmo $34,111.81
anthem ppo $34,111.81

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Revise/replace knee joint at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria not published $3,275.00 – $16,441.00
Southampton Medical Center Franklin $29,033.08 $13,415.89 – $13,684.21
Memorial Regional Hospital Mechanicsville $30,701.17 $12,880.66 – $13,138.27
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church not published $3,725.00 – $16,441.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 not published $3,275.00 – $16,441.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg not published $3,275.00 – $16,441.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $4,339.00 – $29,725.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $3,988.00 – $15,406.00

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