Use 1st target lesion at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$450.50

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.

$901.00

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.

$106.34 with anthem vs $702.78 with kaiser — 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 $106.34 ↓ -76%
united medicare advantage $106.34 ↓ -76%
aetna medicare advantage $106.34 ↓ -76%
sentara health medicare advantage $108.47 ↓ -76%
kaiser medicare advantage $110.59 ↓ -75%
cigna medicare advantage $110.59 ↓ -75%
humana medicare advantage $116.97 ↓ -74%
anthem medicaid advantage $156.92 ↓ -65%
united medicaid advantage $160.06 ↓ -64%
sentara health medicaid advantage $161.63 ↓ -64%
humana medicaid advantage $163.20 ↓ -64%
aetna medicaid advantage $164.77 ↓ -63%
kaiser medicaid advantage $172.61 ↓ -62%
anthem exchange hmo $244.59 ↓ -46%
united options $250.18 ↓ -44%
united exchange $250.18 ↓ -44%
united nonoptions $250.18 ↓ -44%
anthem hmo $281.93 ↓ -37%
anthem ppo $281.93 ↓ -37%
carefirst hmo $344.28 ↓ -24%
carefirst ppo $373.53 ↓ -17%
cigna exchange $401.67 ↓ -11%
sentara health exchange $508.24 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $511.68 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $511.68 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $537.00 ↑ +19%
cigna ppo $581.87 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $581.87 ↑ +29%
innovation fully insured $593.76 ↑ +32%
innovation self insured $593.76 ↑ +32%
sentara health ppo $668.68 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $668.68 ↑ +48%
kaiser hmo $702.78 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $702.78 ↑ +56%

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Use 1st target lesion at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $450.50 $106.34 – $593.76
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $450.50 $106.34 – $593.76
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $450.50 $106.34 – $593.76
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $450.50 $106.34 – $593.76
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $1,011.00 $86.39 – $423.54
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $1,092.00 $128.32 – $245.18
HENRICO DOCTORS HOSPITAL RICHMOND $1,011.00 $89.62 – $423.54
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $145.06 – $245.18

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