Unlisted px arthroscopy at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

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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.

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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 anthem vs $6,962.00 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 medicare advantage $239.88
united medicare advantage $239.88
aetna medicare advantage $239.88
sentara health medicare advantage $244.68
kaiser medicare advantage $249.48
cigna medicare advantage $249.48
humana medicare advantage $263.87
anthem exchange hmo $551.73
anthem hmo $635.96
anthem ppo $635.96
sentara health exchange $883.55
united exchange $1,127.36
sentara health hmo $1,162.45
sentara health ppo $1,162.45
united nonoptions $1,269.99
united options $1,269.99
innovation fully insured $1,509.00
innovation self insured $1,822.00
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02
aetna hmo $2,561.00
aetna ppo $2,561.00
anthem medicaid advantage $3,125.34
united medicaid advantage $3,187.85
sentara health medicaid advantage $3,219.10
humana medicaid advantage $3,250.35
aetna medicaid advantage $3,281.61
kaiser medicaid advantage $3,437.87
carefirst hmo $6,895.00
carefirst ppo $6,962.00

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Unlisted px arthroscopy at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria not published $239.88 – $6,895.00
St Mary's Hospital Richmond $19,107.28 $1,613.25 – $1,645.51
Mary Immaculate Hospital Newport News $14,661.32 $240.67 – $245.48
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church not published $239.88 – $6,895.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 not published $239.88 – $6,895.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg not published $239.88 – $6,895.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $245.48 – $511.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $245.48 – $5,047.00

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