Rmvl sq defib electrode at Inova Alexandria Hospital
4320 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1255684460
$1,688.00
Cash price 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.
$3,376.00
Gross charge 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.
$2,188.26 with anthem vs $116,597.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $2,188.26 | ↑ +30% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $2,232.03 | ↑ +32% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $2,253.91 | ↑ +34% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $2,275.79 | ↑ +35% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $2,297.67 | ↑ +36% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $2,407.09 | ↑ +43% |
| kaiser | ppo | $2,633.28 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | hmo | $2,633.28 | ↑ +56% |
| innovation | fully insured | $3,508.00 | ↑ +108% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $3,639.30 | ↑ +116% |
| united | medicare advantage | $3,639.30 | ↑ +116% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $3,639.30 | ↑ +116% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $3,712.09 | ↑ +120% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $3,784.87 | ↑ +124% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $3,784.87 | ↑ +124% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $4,003.23 | ↑ +137% |
| innovation | self insured | $4,227.00 | ↑ +150% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $5,091.48 | ↑ +202% |
| aetna | ppo | $5,955.00 | ↑ +253% |
| aetna | hmo | $5,955.00 | ↑ +253% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $8,370.44 | ↑ +396% |
| anthem | ppo | $9,648.31 | ↑ +472% |
| anthem | hmo | $9,648.31 | ↑ +472% |
| carefirst | hmo | $11,913.00 | ↑ +606% |
| carefirst | ppo | $12,029.00 | ↑ +613% |
| sentara health | exchange | $30,522.60 | ↑ +1708% |
| cigna | exchange | $37,155.00 | ↑ +2101% |
| sentara health | ppo | $40,157.42 | ↑ +2279% |
| sentara health | hmo | $40,157.42 | ↑ +2279% |
| cigna | ppo | $48,137.00 | ↑ +2752% |
| cigna | hmo | $48,137.00 | ↑ +2752% |
| united | exchange | $102,576.00 | ↑ +5977% |
| united | options | $116,597.00 | ↑ +6807% |
| united | nonoptions | $116,597.00 | ↑ +6807% |
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Rmvl sq defib electrode at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $1,688.00 | $2,188.26 – $11,913.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $1,688.00 | $2,188.26 – $11,913.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $1,688.00 | $2,188.26 – $11,913.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $1,688.00 | $2,188.26 – $11,913.00 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $2,378.50 | $3,304.00 – $3,819.28 |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | $2,665.00 | $3,719.02 – $9,860.00 |
| Lonesome Pine Hospital | BIG STONE GAP | $1,432.35 | $1,173.62 – $8,750.63 |
| Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital | South Boston | $3,157.50 | not published |