Treat kneecap dislocation at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$760.00

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.

$1,520.00

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.

$239.88 with aetna vs $2,678.00 with cigna — 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
aetna medicare advantage $239.88 ↓ -68%
united medicare advantage $239.88 ↓ -68%
anthem medicare advantage $239.88 ↓ -68%
sentara health medicare advantage $244.68 ↓ -68%
cigna medicare advantage $249.48 ↓ -67%
kaiser medicare advantage $249.48 ↓ -67%
humana medicare advantage $263.87 ↓ -65%
anthem exchange hmo $551.73 ↓ -27%
kaiser hmo $592.80 ↓ -22%
kaiser ppo $592.80 ↓ -22%
anthem ppo $635.96 ↓ -16%
anthem hmo $635.96 ↓ -16%
sentara health exchange $883.55 ↑ +16%
united exchange $1,127.36 ↑ +48%
sentara health ppo $1,162.45 ↑ +53%
sentara health hmo $1,162.45 ↑ +53%
united nonoptions $1,269.99 ↑ +67%
united options $1,269.99 ↑ +67%
anthem medicaid advantage $1,458.67 ↑ +92%
united medicaid advantage $1,487.84 ↑ +96%
sentara health medicaid advantage $1,502.43 ↑ +98%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↑ +99%
humana medicaid advantage $1,517.02 ↑ +100%
aetna medicaid advantage $1,531.60 ↑ +102%
kaiser medicaid advantage $1,604.54 ↑ +111%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +140%
cigna exchange $2,067.00 ↑ +172%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +188%
carefirst hmo $2,485.00 ↑ +227%
carefirst ppo $2,510.00 ↑ +230%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +237%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +237%
cigna hmo $2,678.00 ↑ +252%
cigna ppo $2,678.00 ↑ +252%

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Treat kneecap dislocation at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $760.00 $239.88 – $2,485.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $760.00 $239.88 – $2,485.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $760.00 $239.88 – $2,485.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $760.00 $239.88 – $2,485.00
Southern Virginia Medical Center Emporia $86.40 not published
Rappahannock General Hospital Kilmarnock $149.40 not published
Southampton Medical Center Franklin $222.90 not published
Maryview Hospital Portsmouth $445.80 not published

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