Biopsy of tear gland at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital
2501 Parkers Lane, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1922139120
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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.
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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.
$1,509.00 with innovation vs $6,238.90 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 |
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| innovation | fully insured | $1,509.00 | — |
| innovation | self insured | $1,822.00 | — |
| cigna | exchange | $2,067.00 | — |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $2,190.02 | — |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $2,332.96 | — |
| united | medicare advantage | $2,332.96 | — |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $2,332.96 | — |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $2,379.62 | — |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $2,426.28 | — |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $2,426.28 | — |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $2,488.55 | — |
| united | medicaid advantage | $2,538.32 | — |
| aetna | ppo | $2,561.00 | — |
| aetna | hmo | $2,561.00 | — |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $2,563.21 | — |
| humana | medicare advantage | $2,566.26 | — |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $2,588.09 | — |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $2,612.98 | — |
| cigna | hmo | $2,678.00 | — |
| cigna | ppo | $2,678.00 | — |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $2,737.41 | — |
| sentara health | exchange | $3,855.49 | — |
| carefirst | hmo | $4,413.00 | — |
| carefirst | ppo | $4,455.00 | — |
| sentara health | hmo | $5,072.52 | — |
| sentara health | ppo | $5,072.52 | — |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $5,412.40 | — |
| united | exchange | $5,470.40 | — |
| united | nonoptions | $6,158.37 | — |
| united | options | $6,158.37 | — |
| anthem | hmo | $6,238.90 | — |
| anthem | ppo | $6,238.90 | — |
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Biopsy of tear gland at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | not published | $1,509.00 – $4,413.00 |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | $1,402.00 | $2,366.07 – $3,231.00 |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital | Norfolk | $1,402.00 | $2,366.07 – $3,408.00 |
| Sentara CarePlex Hospital | Hampton | $1,402.00 | $2,366.07 – $2,435.66 |
| Sentara Norfolk General Hospital | Norfolk | $1,402.00 | $2,366.07 – $3,408.00 |
| Sentara Princess Anne Hospital | Virginia Beach | $1,402.00 | $2,366.07 – $3,408.00 |
| Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital | Virginia Beach | $1,402.00 | $2,366.07 – $3,408.00 |
| Sentara Obici Hospital | Suffolk | $1,402.00 | $2,366.07 – $3,408.00 |