Azithromycin 500 mg intravenous solution 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

$41.15

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.

$82.30

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.

$2.84 with cigna vs $60.89 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
cigna hmo $2.84 ↓ -93%
cigna exchange $2.84 ↓ -93%
cigna ppo $2.84 ↓ -93%
carefirst hmo $4.08 ↓ -90%
carefirst ppo $4.08 ↓ -90%
united options $4.31 ↓ -90%
united nonoptions $4.31 ↓ -90%
united exchange $4.31 ↓ -90%
sentara health exchange $5.57 ↓ -86%
sentara health ppo $7.32 ↓ -82%
sentara health hmo $7.32 ↓ -82%
kaiser hmo $60.89 ↑ +48%
kaiser ppo $60.89 ↑ +48%

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Azithromycin 500 mg intravenous solution at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $41.15 $2.84 – $60.89
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $41.15 $2.84 – $60.89
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $41.15 $2.84 – $60.89
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $41.15 $2.84 – $60.89
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $335.00 $1.89 – $5.41
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $199.00 $1.67 – $5.41
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $386.00 $1.89 – $5.41
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $1.89 – $5.41

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