Aortic dysfunction/dilation 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

$2,025.50

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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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$4,051.00

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.

$1,350.19 with united vs $5,485.13 with cigna — 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
united nonoptions $1,350.19 ↓ -33%
anthem hmo $1,350.19 ↓ -33%
anthem medicare advantage $1,350.19 ↓ -33%
anthem exchange hmo $1,350.19 ↓ -33%
anthem ppo $1,350.19 ↓ -33%
united options $1,350.19 ↓ -33%
aetna medicare advantage $1,350.19 ↓ -33%
united medicare advantage $1,350.19 ↓ -33%
united exchange $1,350.19 ↓ -33%
sentara health medicare advantage $1,377.19 ↓ -32%
cigna medicare advantage $1,404.20 ↓ -31%
kaiser medicare advantage $1,404.20 ↓ -31%
humana medicare advantage $1,485.21 ↓ -27%
carefirst hmo $2,228.05 ↑ +10%
aetna ppo $2,300.56 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $2,300.56 ↑ +14%
carefirst ppo $2,349.58 ↑ +16%
aetna fannie-mae $2,414.40 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $2,548.48 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $2,548.48 ↑ +26%
anthem medicaid advantage $2,785.95 ↑ +38%
united medicaid advantage $2,841.67 ↑ +40%
sentara health medicaid advantage $2,869.53 ↑ +42%
humana medicaid advantage $2,897.39 ↑ +43%
aetna medicaid advantage $2,925.25 ↑ +44%
sentara health exchange $2,982.40 ↑ +47%
kaiser medicaid advantage $3,064.55 ↑ +51%
kaiser ppo $3,159.78 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $3,159.78 ↑ +56%
sentara health ppo $3,923.83 ↑ +94%
sentara health hmo $3,923.83 ↑ +94%
cigna exchange $5,485.13 ↑ +171%
cigna hmo $5,485.13 ↑ +171%
cigna ppo $5,485.13 ↑ +171%

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Aortic dysfunction/dilation at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $2,025.50 $1,350.19 – $2,548.48
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $2,025.50 $1,350.19 – $2,548.48
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $2,025.50 $1,350.19 – $2,548.48
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $2,025.50 $1,350.19 – $2,548.48
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $1,350.19 – $1,957.78
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $1,350.19 – $6,036.70
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $1,350.19 – $1,444.70
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $1,350.19 – $1,444.70

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