Assay phosphatidylglycerol 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

$250.50

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.

$501.00

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.

$14.35 with anthem vs $390.78 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 $14.35 ↓ -94%
united medicaid advantage $14.64 ↓ -94%
sentara health medicaid advantage $14.78 ↓ -94%
humana medicaid advantage $14.92 ↓ -94%
aetna medicaid advantage $15.07 ↓ -94%
kaiser medicaid advantage $15.79 ↓ -94%
anthem hmo $16.52 ↓ -93%
united medicare advantage $16.52 ↓ -93%
united options $16.52 ↓ -93%
united nonoptions $16.52 ↓ -93%
united exchange $16.52 ↓ -93%
aetna medicare advantage $16.52 ↓ -93%
anthem ppo $16.52 ↓ -93%
anthem exchange hmo $16.52 ↓ -93%
anthem medicare advantage $16.52 ↓ -93%
sentara health medicare advantage $16.85 ↓ -93%
cigna medicare advantage $17.18 ↓ -93%
kaiser medicare advantage $17.18 ↓ -93%
humana medicare advantage $18.17 ↓ -93%
sentara health exchange $36.49 ↓ -85%
sentara health hmo $48.01 ↓ -81%
sentara health ppo $48.01 ↓ -81%
cigna hmo $67.13 ↓ -73%
cigna exchange $67.13 ↓ -73%
cigna ppo $67.13 ↓ -73%
carefirst hmo $104.60 ↓ -58%
carefirst ppo $116.37 ↓ -54%
aetna ppo $284.52 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $284.52 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $298.60 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $315.18 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $315.18 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $390.78 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $390.78 ↑ +56%

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Assay phosphatidylglycerol at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $250.50 $14.35 – $315.18
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $552.00 $14.37 – $23.95
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $250.50 $14.35 – $315.18
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $250.50 $14.35 – $315.18
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $250.50 $14.35 – $315.18
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $473.00 $14.37 – $17.68
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $879.00 $12.68 – $17.68
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $966.00 $14.37 – $23.95

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