Tissue culture skin/biopsy at Inova Alexandria Hospital
4320 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1255684460
$906.00
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.
$1,812.00
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.
$140.73 with aetna vs $1,413.36 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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| aetna | medicare advantage | $140.73 | ↓ -84% |
| united | medicare advantage | $140.73 | ↓ -84% |
| united | options | $140.73 | ↓ -84% |
| united | nonoptions | $140.73 | ↓ -84% |
| united | exchange | $140.73 | ↓ -84% |
| anthem | hmo | $140.73 | ↓ -84% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $140.73 | ↓ -84% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $140.73 | ↓ -84% |
| anthem | ppo | $140.73 | ↓ -84% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $143.54 | ↓ -84% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $146.36 | ↓ -84% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $146.36 | ↓ -84% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $154.80 | ↓ -83% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $239.67 | ↓ -74% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $244.46 | ↓ -73% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $246.86 | ↓ -73% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $249.26 | ↓ -72% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $251.65 | ↓ -72% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $263.64 | ↓ -71% |
| sentara health | exchange | $310.85 | ↓ -66% |
| sentara health | hmo | $408.98 | ↓ -55% |
| sentara health | ppo | $408.98 | ↓ -55% |
| cigna | hmo | $571.70 | ↓ -37% |
| cigna | ppo | $571.70 | ↓ -37% |
| cigna | exchange | $571.70 | ↓ -37% |
| carefirst | hmo | $890.73 | ↓ -2% |
| carefirst | ppo | $991.02 | ↑ +9% |
| aetna | ppo | $1,029.03 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | hmo | $1,029.03 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $1,079.95 | ↑ +19% |
| innovation | fully insured | $1,139.93 | ↑ +26% |
| innovation | self insured | $1,139.93 | ↑ +26% |
| kaiser | hmo | $1,413.36 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | ppo | $1,413.36 | ↑ +56% |
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Tissue culture skin/biopsy at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $906.00 | $140.73 – $1,139.93 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $906.00 | $140.73 – $1,139.93 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $906.00 | $140.73 – $1,139.93 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $906.00 | $140.73 – $1,139.93 |
| RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER | VIENNA | $642.10 | $140.73 – $798.32 |
| STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER | Dulles | $642.39 | $108.06 – $798.32 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | not published | $122.47 – $204.06 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | not published | $122.47 – $629.20 |