Surgical pathology level 1 gross examination only at Inova Alexandria Hospital
4320 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1255684460
$87.50
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.
$175.00
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.
$24.47 with sentara health vs $136.50 with kaiser — 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 |
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| sentara health | exchange | $24.47 | ↓ -72% |
| united | medicare advantage | $24.49 | ↓ -72% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $24.49 | ↓ -72% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $24.49 | ↓ -72% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $24.98 | ↓ -71% |
| united | exchange | $25.23 | ↓ -71% |
| united | options | $25.23 | ↓ -71% |
| united | nonoptions | $25.23 | ↓ -71% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $25.47 | ↓ -71% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $25.47 | ↓ -71% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $26.94 | ↓ -69% |
| sentara health | hmo | $32.20 | ↓ -63% |
| sentara health | ppo | $32.20 | ↓ -63% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $46.88 | ↓ -46% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $47.82 | ↓ -45% |
| cigna | exchange | $48.20 | ↓ -45% |
| cigna | hmo | $48.20 | ↓ -45% |
| cigna | ppo | $48.20 | ↓ -45% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $48.29 | ↓ -45% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $48.76 | ↓ -44% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $49.22 | ↓ -44% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $51.57 | ↓ -41% |
| carefirst | hmo | $53.95 | ↓ -38% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $56.34 | ↓ -36% |
| carefirst | ppo | $60.03 | ↓ -31% |
| anthem | ppo | $64.94 | ↓ -26% |
| anthem | hmo | $64.94 | ↓ -26% |
| aetna | ppo | $99.38 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | hmo | $99.38 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $104.30 | ↑ +19% |
| innovation | fully insured | $110.09 | ↑ +26% |
| innovation | self insured | $110.09 | ↑ +26% |
| kaiser | hmo | $136.50 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | ppo | $136.50 | ↑ +56% |
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Surgical pathology level 1 gross examination only at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $87.50 | $24.47 – $110.09 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | $36.00 | $24.67 – $139.26 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $87.50 | $24.47 – $110.09 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $87.50 | $24.47 – $110.09 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $87.50 | $24.47 – $110.09 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | $294.00 | $24.67 – $110.30 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | $273.00 | $24.67 – $104.95 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI | PULASKI | $919.00 | $24.67 – $105.83 |