Ultrasound transabd ea addl gest at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$391.50

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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.

$783.00

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.

$143.89 with anthem vs $840.00 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 $143.89 ↓ -63%
united medicaid advantage $146.77 ↓ -63%
sentara health medicaid advantage $148.21 ↓ -62%
humana medicaid advantage $149.65 ↓ -62%
aetna medicaid advantage $151.08 ↓ -61%
kaiser medicaid advantage $158.28 ↓ -60%
cigna exchange $349.06 ↓ -11%
sentara health exchange $441.68 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $444.67 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $444.67 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $466.67 ↑ +19%
cigna ppo $505.66 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $505.66 ↑ +29%
carefirst hmo $508.69 ↑ +30%
innovation fully insured $516.00 ↑ +32%
innovation self insured $516.00 ↑ +32%
carefirst ppo $551.92 ↑ +41%
sentara health ppo $581.10 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $581.10 ↑ +48%
kaiser ppo $610.74 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $610.74 ↑ +56%
united exchange $654.00 ↑ +67%
united nonoptions $840.00 ↑ +115%
united options $840.00 ↑ +115%

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Ultrasound transabd ea addl gest at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $391.50 $143.89 – $516.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $391.50 $143.89 – $516.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $391.50 $143.89 – $516.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $391.50 $143.89 – $516.00
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $2,414.00 $263.78 – $263.78
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $994.00 $362.40 – $362.40
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $693.00 $391.79 – $391.79
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg $2,695.24 $220.70 – $220.70

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