Venogram ext bil s&i at Inova Alexandria Hospital
4320 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1255684460
$1,238.00
Cash price 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.
$2,476.00
Gross charge 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.
$399.27 with carefirst vs $4,118.40 with anthem — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| carefirst | hmo | $399.27 | ↓ -68% |
| carefirst | ppo | $433.19 | ↓ -65% |
| cigna | exchange | $1,103.80 | ↓ -11% |
| sentara health | exchange | $1,396.68 | ↑ +13% |
| aetna | hmo | $1,406.12 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | ppo | $1,406.12 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $1,475.70 | ↑ +19% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $1,553.44 | ↑ +25% |
| united | medicare advantage | $1,553.44 | ↑ +25% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $1,553.44 | ↑ +25% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $1,584.51 | ↑ +28% |
| cigna | hmo | $1,599.00 | ↑ +29% |
| cigna | ppo | $1,599.00 | ↑ +29% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $1,615.58 | ↑ +30% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $1,615.58 | ↑ +30% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $1,624.77 | ↑ +31% |
| innovation | self insured | $1,631.68 | ↑ +32% |
| innovation | fully insured | $1,631.68 | ↑ +32% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $1,657.27 | ↑ +34% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $1,673.51 | ↑ +35% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $1,689.76 | ↑ +36% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $1,706.01 | ↑ +38% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $1,708.78 | ↑ +38% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $1,787.25 | ↑ +44% |
| sentara health | ppo | $1,837.56 | ↑ +48% |
| sentara health | hmo | $1,837.56 | ↑ +48% |
| kaiser | hmo | $1,931.28 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | ppo | $1,931.28 | ↑ +56% |
| united | options | $3,231.36 | ↑ +161% |
| united | exchange | $3,231.36 | ↑ +161% |
| united | nonoptions | $3,231.36 | ↑ +161% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $3,572.93 | ↑ +189% |
| anthem | hmo | $4,118.40 | ↑ +233% |
| anthem | ppo | $4,118.40 | ↑ +233% |
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Venogram ext bil s&i at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $1,238.00 | $399.27 – $1,689.76 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $1,238.00 | $399.27 – $1,689.76 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $1,238.00 | $399.27 – $1,689.76 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $1,238.00 | $399.27 – $1,689.76 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | $3,713.00 | $282.86 – $3,163.82 |
| TRICITIES HOSPITAL | HOPEWELL | $3,405.00 | $184.85 – $3,163.82 |
| RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER | VIENNA | $1,788.91 | $255.09 – $3,163.82 |
| HENRICO DOCTORS HOSPITAL | RICHMOND | $3,405.00 | $213.57 – $3,163.82 |