Sec art mech thrmbc non-intracranial add-on at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$1,638.00

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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.

$3,276.00

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.

$883.55 with sentara health vs $17,386.13 with kaiser — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
sentara health exchange $883.55 ↓ -46%
carefirst hmo $943.00 ↓ -42%
carefirst ppo $953.00 ↓ -42%
united exchange $1,127.36 ↓ -31%
sentara health ppo $1,162.45 ↓ -29%
sentara health hmo $1,162.45 ↓ -29%
united nonoptions $1,269.99 ↓ -22%
united options $1,269.99 ↓ -22%
cigna exchange $1,497.13 ↓ -9%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↓ -8%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +11%
cigna ppo $2,115.64 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $2,115.64 ↑ +29%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +34%
kaiser hmo $2,555.28 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $2,555.28 ↑ +56%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +56%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +56%
anthem medicaid advantage $15,805.57 ↑ +865%
united medicaid advantage $16,121.68 ↑ +884%
sentara health medicaid advantage $16,279.74 ↑ +894%
humana medicaid advantage $16,437.79 ↑ +904%
aetna medicaid advantage $16,595.85 ↑ +913%
kaiser medicaid advantage $17,386.13 ↑ +961%

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Sec art mech thrmbc non-intracranial add-on at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,638.00 $883.55 – $16,437.79
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,638.00 $883.55 – $16,437.79
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,638.00 $883.55 – $16,437.79
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,638.00 $883.55 – $16,437.79
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $1,818.15 $1,844.05 – $14,665.92
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $1,818.15 $1,844.05 – $14,666.10
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $1,367.50 $511.00 – $2,004.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $6,435.00 $484.00 – $10,469.00

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