Revise spine eltrd perq aray at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$2,359.50

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.

$4,719.00

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 $17,399.21 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 $1,509.00 ↓ -36%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↓ -23%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↓ -7%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +9%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +9%
kaiser hmo $3,680.82 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $3,680.82 ↑ +56%
cigna exchange $6,440.00 ↑ +173%
aetna medicare advantage $6,562.90 ↑ +178%
anthem medicare advantage $6,562.90 ↑ +178%
united medicare advantage $6,562.90 ↑ +178%
sentara health medicare advantage $6,694.16 ↑ +184%
kaiser medicare advantage $6,825.42 ↑ +189%
cigna medicare advantage $6,825.42 ↑ +189%
carefirst hmo $6,895.00 ↑ +192%
carefirst ppo $6,962.00 ↑ +195%
humana medicare advantage $7,219.19 ↑ +206%
cigna ppo $8,343.00 ↑ +254%
cigna hmo $8,343.00 ↑ +254%
sentara health exchange $8,674.84 ↑ +268%
anthem medicaid advantage $8,974.26 ↑ +280%
united medicaid advantage $9,153.75 ↑ +288%
sentara health medicaid advantage $9,243.49 ↑ +292%
humana medicaid advantage $9,333.23 ↑ +296%
aetna medicaid advantage $9,422.97 ↑ +299%
kaiser medicaid advantage $9,871.69 ↑ +318%
sentara health hmo $11,413.16 ↑ +384%
sentara health ppo $11,413.16 ↑ +384%
united exchange $11,502.40 ↑ +387%
united options $12,949.16 ↑ +449%
united nonoptions $12,949.16 ↑ +449%
anthem exchange hmo $15,094.77 ↑ +540%
anthem ppo $17,399.21 ↑ +637%
anthem hmo $17,399.21 ↑ +637%

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Revise spine eltrd perq aray at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $2,359.50 $1,509.00 – $7,219.19
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $2,359.50 $1,509.00 – $7,219.19
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $2,359.50 $1,509.00 – $7,219.19
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $2,359.50 $1,509.00 – $7,219.19
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $2,004.00 – $13,397.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $5,047.00 – $7,778.00
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk not published $6,342.39 – $10,181.00
Sentara RMH Medical Center Harrisonburg not published $6,342.39 – $6,528.94

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