Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction 1st hour at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$184.00

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.

$368.00

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.

$83.53 with anthem vs $1,030.00 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 $83.53 ↓ -55%
united medicaid advantage $85.20 ↓ -54%
sentara health medicaid advantage $86.04 ↓ -53%
humana medicaid advantage $86.87 ↓ -53%
aetna medicaid advantage $87.71 ↓ -52%
kaiser medicaid advantage $91.88 ↓ -50%
united medicare advantage $128.90 ↓ -30%
anthem medicare advantage $128.90 ↓ -30%
aetna medicare advantage $128.90 ↓ -30%
sentara health medicare advantage $131.48 ↓ -29%
cigna medicare advantage $134.06 ↓ -27%
kaiser medicare advantage $134.06 ↓ -27%
carefirst hmo $141.59 ↓ -23%
humana medicare advantage $141.79 ↓ -23%
carefirst ppo $149.00 ↓ -19%
cigna exchange $164.05 ↓ -11%
aetna ppo $208.99 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $208.99 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $219.33 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $231.51 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $231.51 ↑ +26%
cigna ppo $237.65 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $237.65 ↑ +29%
kaiser ppo $287.04 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $287.04 ↑ +56%
anthem exchange hmo $296.48 ↑ +61%
anthem hmo $341.74 ↑ +86%
anthem ppo $341.74 ↑ +86%
sentara health exchange $401.61 ↑ +118%
sentara health hmo $528.39 ↑ +187%
sentara health ppo $528.39 ↑ +187%
united exchange $802.00 ↑ +336%
united options $1,030.00 ↑ +460%
united nonoptions $1,030.00 ↑ +460%

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Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction 1st hour at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $184.00 $83.53 – $231.51
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $184.00 $83.53 – $231.51
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $184.00 $83.53 – $231.51
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $184.00 $83.53 – $231.51
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $43.50 $31.19 – $282.99
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $43.50 $31.19 – $282.99
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $184.00 $132.41 – $136.30
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $243.00 $132.41 – $136.30

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