Transcatheter bx s&i at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$1,108.50

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.

$2,217.00

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.

$294.34 with anthem vs $1,980.65 with carefirst — 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 $294.34 ↓ -73%
united medicaid advantage $300.23 ↓ -73%
sentara health medicaid advantage $303.17 ↓ -73%
humana medicaid advantage $306.11 ↓ -72%
aetna medicaid advantage $309.06 ↓ -72%
kaiser medicaid advantage $323.77 ↓ -71%
cigna exchange $988.34 ↓ -11%
united exchange $1,242.05 ↑ +12%
sentara health exchange $1,250.59 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $1,259.03 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $1,259.03 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $1,321.33 ↑ +19%
cigna ppo $1,431.74 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $1,431.74 ↑ +29%
innovation fully insured $1,461.00 ↑ +32%
innovation self insured $1,461.00 ↑ +32%
united nonoptions $1,523.22 ↑ +37%
united options $1,523.22 ↑ +37%
sentara health ppo $1,645.35 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $1,645.35 ↑ +48%
kaiser hmo $1,729.26 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $1,729.26 ↑ +56%
carefirst hmo $1,825.53 ↑ +65%
carefirst ppo $1,980.65 ↑ +79%

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Transcatheter bx s&i at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,108.50 $294.34 – $1,825.53
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,108.50 $294.34 – $1,825.53
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,108.50 $294.34 – $1,825.53
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,108.50 $294.34 – $1,825.53
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $9,193.00 $112.29 – $112.29
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $6,362.00 $166.78 – $166.78
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA $8,341.37 $139.13 – $2,290.87
HENRICO DOCTORS HOSPITAL RICHMOND $9,193.00 $116.48 – $116.48

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