Vsrctv std tcd icr art compl at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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

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

$251.50

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.

$503.00

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.

$224.24 with cigna vs $392.34 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
cigna exchange $224.24 ↓ -11%
anthem medicaid advantage $237.75 ↓ -5%
united medicaid advantage $242.51 ↓ -4%
sentara health medicaid advantage $244.88 ↓ -3%
humana medicaid advantage $247.26 ↓ -2%
aetna medicaid advantage $249.64 ↓ -1%
kaiser medicaid advantage $261.53 ↑ +4%
carefirst hmo $276.65 ↑ +10%
united exchange $281.80 ↑ +12%
sentara health exchange $283.74 ↑ +13%
aetna ppo $285.65 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $285.65 ↑ +14%
carefirst ppo $291.74 ↑ +16%
aetna fannie-mae $299.79 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $316.44 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $316.44 ↑ +26%
cigna ppo $324.84 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $324.84 ↑ +29%
united options $345.59 ↑ +37%
united nonoptions $345.59 ↑ +37%
sentara health hmo $373.30 ↑ +48%
sentara health ppo $373.30 ↑ +48%
kaiser hmo $392.34 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $392.34 ↑ +56%

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Vsrctv std tcd icr art compl at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $251.50 $224.24 – $316.44
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $251.50 $224.24 – $316.44
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $251.50 $224.24 – $316.44
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $251.50 $224.24 – $316.44

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