Assay myeloperoxidase 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

$129.50

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.

$259.00

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.

$33.33 with anthem vs $242.32 with carefirst — 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 $33.33 ↓ -74%
united medicaid advantage $34.00 ↓ -74%
sentara health medicaid advantage $34.33 ↓ -73%
humana medicaid advantage $34.66 ↓ -73%
aetna medicaid advantage $35.00 ↓ -73%
kaiser medicaid advantage $36.66 ↓ -72%
anthem exchange hmo $50.86 ↓ -61%
united medicare advantage $50.86 ↓ -61%
anthem medicare advantage $50.86 ↓ -61%
united options $50.86 ↓ -61%
united nonoptions $50.86 ↓ -61%
united exchange $50.86 ↓ -61%
anthem ppo $50.86 ↓ -61%
aetna medicare advantage $50.86 ↓ -61%
anthem hmo $50.86 ↓ -61%
sentara health medicare advantage $51.88 ↓ -60%
cigna medicare advantage $52.89 ↓ -59%
kaiser medicare advantage $52.89 ↓ -59%
humana medicare advantage $55.95 ↓ -57%
sentara health exchange $112.34 ↓ -13%
aetna hmo $147.09 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $147.09 ↑ +14%
sentara health ppo $147.81 ↑ +14%
sentara health hmo $147.81 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $154.36 ↑ +19%
innovation self insured $162.94 ↑ +26%
innovation fully insured $162.94 ↑ +26%
kaiser ppo $202.02 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $202.02 ↑ +56%
cigna exchange $206.63 ↑ +60%
cigna hmo $206.63 ↑ +60%
cigna ppo $206.63 ↑ +60%
carefirst hmo $217.80 ↑ +68%
carefirst ppo $242.32 ↑ +87%

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Assay myeloperoxidase at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $129.50 $33.33 – $217.80
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $129.50 $33.33 – $217.80
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $129.50 $33.33 – $217.80
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $129.50 $33.33 – $217.80
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $318.00 $44.26 – $73.75
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $44.26 – $73.75
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $44.26 – $227.40
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $44.26 – $54.42

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