Apply intrcav radiat interm 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

$1,913.50

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.

$3,827.00

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.

$578.47 with united vs $4,354.84 with united — 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 medicare advantage $578.47 ↓ -70%
anthem medicare advantage $578.47 ↓ -70%
aetna medicare advantage $578.47 ↓ -70%
sentara health medicare advantage $590.04 ↓ -69%
cigna medicare advantage $601.61 ↓ -69%
kaiser medicare advantage $601.61 ↓ -69%
humana medicare advantage $636.32 ↓ -67%
anthem exchange hmo $1,342.05 ↓ -30%
carefirst hmo $1,509.31 ↓ -21%
anthem ppo $1,546.99 ↓ -19%
anthem hmo $1,546.99 ↓ -19%
carefirst ppo $1,637.56 ↓ -14%
cigna exchange $1,706.08 ↓ -11%
anthem medicaid advantage $2,010.35 ↑ +5%
united medicaid advantage $2,050.56 ↑ +7%
sentara health medicaid advantage $2,070.66 ↑ +8%
humana medicaid advantage $2,090.76 ↑ +9%
aetna medicaid advantage $2,110.87 ↑ +10%
sentara health exchange $2,158.77 ↑ +13%
aetna ppo $2,173.35 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $2,173.35 ↑ +14%
kaiser medicaid advantage $2,211.39 ↑ +16%
aetna fannie-mae $2,280.89 ↑ +19%
cigna hmo $2,471.48 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $2,471.48 ↑ +29%
innovation self insured $2,521.99 ↑ +32%
innovation fully insured $2,521.99 ↑ +32%
sentara health ppo $2,840.21 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $2,840.21 ↑ +48%
kaiser hmo $2,985.06 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $2,985.06 ↑ +56%
united exchange $3,455.55 ↑ +81%
united nonoptions $4,354.84 ↑ +128%
united options $4,354.84 ↑ +128%

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Apply intrcav radiat interm at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,913.50 $578.47 – $2,521.99
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,913.50 $578.47 – $2,521.99
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,913.50 $578.47 – $2,521.99
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,913.50 $578.47 – $2,521.99
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $1,380.57 – $1,380.57
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $822.26 – $822.26
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $1,129.68 – $1,129.68
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $933.43 – $933.43

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