Assay alkaline phosphatase 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

$80.50

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.

$161.00

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.

$6.47 with anthem vs $125.58 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
anthem medicaid advantage $6.47 ↓ -92%
united medicaid advantage $6.60 ↓ -92%
sentara health medicaid advantage $6.66 ↓ -92%
humana medicaid advantage $6.73 ↓ -92%
aetna medicaid advantage $6.79 ↓ -92%
kaiser medicaid advantage $7.12 ↓ -91%
anthem hmo $8.26 ↓ -90%
united medicare advantage $8.26 ↓ -90%
united options $8.26 ↓ -90%
united nonoptions $8.26 ↓ -90%
united exchange $8.26 ↓ -90%
aetna medicare advantage $8.26 ↓ -90%
anthem ppo $8.26 ↓ -90%
anthem exchange hmo $8.26 ↓ -90%
anthem medicare advantage $8.26 ↓ -90%
sentara health medicare advantage $8.43 ↓ -90%
cigna medicare advantage $8.59 ↓ -89%
kaiser medicare advantage $8.59 ↓ -89%
humana medicare advantage $9.09 ↓ -89%
sentara health exchange $18.25 ↓ -77%
sentara health hmo $24.00 ↓ -70%
sentara health ppo $24.00 ↓ -70%
cigna hmo $33.58 ↓ -58%
cigna exchange $33.58 ↓ -58%
cigna ppo $33.58 ↓ -58%
carefirst hmo $46.21 ↓ -43%
carefirst ppo $51.41 ↓ -36%
aetna ppo $91.43 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $91.43 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $95.96 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $101.29 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $101.29 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $125.58 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $125.58 ↑ +56%

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Assay alkaline phosphatase at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $80.50 $6.47 – $101.29
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $80.50 $6.47 – $101.29
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $80.50 $6.47 – $101.29
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $80.50 $6.47 – $101.29
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $7.19 – $11.98
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $7.19 – $36.93
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $7.19 – $8.84
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $6.35 – $8.84

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