Vemp tst i&r cervical&ocular at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$591.50

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.

$1,183.00

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.

$197.51 with anthem vs $957.31 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 medicaid advantage $197.51 ↓ -67%
united medicaid advantage $201.46 ↓ -66%
sentara health medicaid advantage $203.44 ↓ -66%
humana medicaid advantage $205.41 ↓ -65%
aetna medicaid advantage $207.39 ↓ -65%
kaiser medicaid advantage $217.26 ↓ -63%
aetna medicare advantage $311.40 ↓ -47%
united medicare advantage $311.40 ↓ -47%
anthem medicare advantage $311.40 ↓ -47%
sentara health medicare advantage $317.63 ↓ -46%
cigna medicare advantage $323.86 ↓ -45%
kaiser medicare advantage $323.86 ↓ -45%
humana medicare advantage $342.54 ↓ -42%
cigna exchange $527.38 ↓ -11%
sentara health exchange $667.32 ↑ +13%
aetna ppo $671.83 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $671.83 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $705.07 ↑ +19%
anthem exchange hmo $716.22 ↑ +21%
united exchange $735.00 ↑ +24%
innovation fully insured $744.23 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $744.23 ↑ +26%
cigna ppo $763.98 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $763.98 ↑ +29%
anthem ppo $825.56 ↑ +40%
anthem hmo $825.56 ↑ +40%
sentara health hmo $877.96 ↑ +48%
sentara health ppo $877.96 ↑ +48%
carefirst hmo $909.71 ↑ +54%
kaiser hmo $922.74 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $922.74 ↑ +56%
united nonoptions $943.00 ↑ +59%
united options $943.00 ↑ +59%
carefirst ppo $957.31 ↑ +62%

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Vemp tst i&r cervical&ocular at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $591.50 $197.51 – $909.71
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $591.50 $197.51 – $909.71
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $591.50 $197.51 – $909.71
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $591.50 $197.51 – $909.71
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $214.89 – $221.21
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $214.89 – $221.21
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston not published $216.59 – $222.96
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA not published $938.80 – $938.80

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