17-ketosteroids at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital

2501 Parkers Lane, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1922139120

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

$193.50

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.

$387.00

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.

$12.80 with aetna vs $301.86 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
aetna medicare advantage $12.80 ↓ -93%
united medicare advantage $12.80 ↓ -93%
united options $12.80 ↓ -93%
united nonoptions $12.80 ↓ -93%
united exchange $12.80 ↓ -93%
anthem hmo $12.80 ↓ -93%
anthem medicare advantage $12.80 ↓ -93%
anthem exchange hmo $12.80 ↓ -93%
anthem ppo $12.80 ↓ -93%
sentara health medicare advantage $13.06 ↓ -93%
kaiser medicare advantage $13.31 ↓ -93%
cigna medicare advantage $13.31 ↓ -93%
humana medicare advantage $14.08 ↓ -93%
anthem medicaid advantage $15.74 ↓ -92%
united medicaid advantage $16.05 ↓ -92%
sentara health medicaid advantage $16.21 ↓ -92%
humana medicaid advantage $16.37 ↓ -92%
aetna medicaid advantage $16.53 ↓ -91%
kaiser medicaid advantage $17.31 ↓ -91%
sentara health exchange $28.27 ↓ -85%
sentara health hmo $37.20 ↓ -81%
sentara health ppo $37.20 ↓ -81%
cigna hmo $52.00 ↓ -73%
cigna ppo $52.00 ↓ -73%
cigna exchange $52.00 ↓ -73%
carefirst hmo $81.04 ↓ -58%
carefirst ppo $90.17 ↓ -53%
aetna ppo $219.78 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $219.78 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $230.65 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $243.46 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $243.46 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $301.86 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $301.86 ↑ +56%

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17-ketosteroids at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $193.50 $12.80 – $243.46
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $247.00 $11.13 – $18.56
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $193.50 $12.80 – $243.46
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $193.50 $12.80 – $243.46
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $193.50 $12.80 – $243.46
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $300.00 $11.13 – $13.70
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $320.00 $9.82 – $13.70
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $182.00 $11.13 – $18.56

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