Artery x-rays chest at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital
2501 Parkers Lane, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1922139120
$1,204.50
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.
$2,409.00
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.
$1,073.93 with cigna vs $8,417.18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| cigna | exchange | $1,073.93 | ↓ -11% |
| sentara health | exchange | $1,358.89 | ↑ +13% |
| aetna | hmo | $1,368.07 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | ppo | $1,368.07 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $1,435.76 | ↑ +19% |
| cigna | hmo | $1,555.73 | ↑ +29% |
| cigna | ppo | $1,555.73 | ↑ +29% |
| innovation | fully insured | $1,587.53 | ↑ +32% |
| innovation | self insured | $1,587.53 | ↑ +32% |
| sentara health | ppo | $1,787.84 | ↑ +48% |
| sentara health | hmo | $1,787.84 | ↑ +48% |
| kaiser | ppo | $1,879.02 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | hmo | $1,879.02 | ↑ +56% |
| carefirst | hmo | $2,040.93 | ↑ +69% |
| carefirst | ppo | $2,214.34 | ↑ +84% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $2,504.56 | ↑ +108% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $2,554.65 | ↑ +112% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $2,579.70 | ↑ +114% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $2,604.74 | ↑ +116% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $2,629.79 | ↑ +118% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $2,755.02 | ↑ +129% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $3,147.50 | ↑ +161% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $3,147.50 | ↑ +161% |
| united | medicare advantage | $3,147.50 | ↑ +161% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $3,210.45 | ↑ +167% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $3,273.40 | ↑ +172% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $3,273.40 | ↑ +172% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $3,462.25 | ↑ +187% |
| united | nonoptions | $6,578.17 | ↑ +446% |
| united | exchange | $6,578.17 | ↑ +446% |
| united | options | $6,578.17 | ↑ +446% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $7,302.12 | ↑ +506% |
| anthem | hmo | $8,417.18 | ↑ +599% |
| anthem | ppo | $8,417.18 | ↑ +599% |
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Artery x-rays chest at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $1,204.50 | $1,073.93 – $2,604.74 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $1,204.50 | $1,073.93 – $2,604.74 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $1,204.50 | $1,073.93 – $2,604.74 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $1,204.50 | $1,073.93 – $2,604.74 |
| LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER | ROANOKE | $7,237.00 | $244.91 – $6,438.74 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | not published | $276.86 – $6,438.74 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | not published | $164.89 – $6,438.74 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | not published | $226.54 – $6,438.74 |