Umbilical cord occlud w/us at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$569.50

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.

$1,139.00

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.

$304.19 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 $304.19 ↓ -47%
anthem medicare advantage $304.19 ↓ -47%
united medicare advantage $304.19 ↓ -47%
sentara health medicare advantage $310.27 ↓ -46%
cigna medicare advantage $316.36 ↓ -44%
kaiser medicare advantage $316.36 ↓ -44%
humana medicare advantage $334.61 ↓ -41%
anthem exchange hmo $699.64 ↑ +23%
anthem hmo $806.45 ↑ +42%
anthem ppo $806.45 ↑ +42%
sentara health exchange $883.55 ↑ +55%
kaiser hmo $888.42 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $888.42 ↑ +56%
carefirst hmo $943.00 ↑ +66%
carefirst ppo $953.00 ↑ +67%
united exchange $1,127.36 ↑ +98%
sentara health ppo $1,162.45 ↑ +104%
sentara health hmo $1,162.45 ↑ +104%
united nonoptions $1,269.99 ↑ +123%
united options $1,269.99 ↑ +123%
anthem medicaid advantage $1,470.82 ↑ +158%
united medicaid advantage $1,500.24 ↑ +163%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↑ +165%
sentara health medicaid advantage $1,514.94 ↑ +166%
humana medicaid advantage $1,529.65 ↑ +169%
aetna medicaid advantage $1,544.36 ↑ +171%
kaiser medicaid advantage $1,617.90 ↑ +184%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +220%
cigna exchange $2,067.00 ↑ +263%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +285%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +350%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +350%
cigna hmo $2,678.00 ↑ +370%
cigna ppo $2,678.00 ↑ +370%

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Umbilical cord occlud w/us at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $569.50 $304.19 – $1,509.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $569.50 $304.19 – $1,509.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $569.50 $304.19 – $1,509.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $569.50 $304.19 – $1,509.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $303.27 – $1,010.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $303.27 – $2,603.00
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston not published $305.67 – $314.66
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk not published $303.27 – $3,408.00

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