Speech recep thresh at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$91.50

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.

$183.00

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.

$47.15 with anthem vs $943.00 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.

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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
anthem medicaid advantage $47.15 ↓ -48%
united medicaid advantage $48.09 ↓ -47%
sentara health medicaid advantage $48.56 ↓ -47%
humana medicaid advantage $49.04 ↓ -46%
aetna medicaid advantage $49.51 ↓ -46%
kaiser medicaid advantage $51.87 ↓ -43%
anthem medicare advantage $59.40 ↓ -35%
united medicare advantage $59.40 ↓ -35%
aetna medicare advantage $59.40 ↓ -35%
sentara health medicare advantage $60.59 ↓ -34%
kaiser medicare advantage $61.78 ↓ -32%
cigna medicare advantage $61.78 ↓ -32%
carefirst hmo $64.67 ↓ -29%
humana medicare advantage $65.34 ↓ -29%
carefirst ppo $68.06 ↓ -26%
cigna exchange $81.58 ↓ -11%
sentara health exchange $103.23 ↑ +13%
aetna ppo $103.93 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $103.93 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $109.07 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $115.13 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $115.13 ↑ +26%
cigna hmo $118.18 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $118.18 ↑ +29%
sentara health ppo $135.81 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $135.81 ↑ +48%
anthem exchange hmo $136.61 ↑ +49%
kaiser hmo $142.74 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $142.74 ↑ +56%
anthem hmo $157.47 ↑ +72%
anthem ppo $157.47 ↑ +72%
united exchange $735.00 ↑ +703%
united nonoptions $943.00 ↑ +931%
united options $943.00 ↑ +931%

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Speech recep thresh at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $91.50 $47.15 – $115.13
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $91.50 $47.15 – $115.13
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $91.50 $47.15 – $115.13
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $91.50 $47.15 – $115.13
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA not published $66.74 – $66.74
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles not published $66.74 – $66.74

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