Biopsy of urethra at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital
2501 Parkers Lane, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1922139120
$3,200.00
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.
$6,400.00
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 $6,158.37 with united — 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 | ↓ -53% |
| innovation | self insured | $1,822.00 | ↓ -43% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $2,048.51 | ↓ -36% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $2,048.51 | ↓ -36% |
| united | medicare advantage | $2,048.51 | ↓ -36% |
| cigna | exchange | $2,067.00 | ↓ -35% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $2,089.48 | ↓ -35% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $2,130.45 | ↓ -33% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $2,130.45 | ↓ -33% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $2,190.02 | ↓ -32% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $2,253.36 | ↓ -30% |
| aetna | ppo | $2,561.00 | ↓ -20% |
| aetna | hmo | $2,561.00 | ↓ -20% |
| cigna | hmo | $2,678.00 | ↓ -16% |
| cigna | ppo | $2,678.00 | ↓ -16% |
| sentara health | exchange | $3,855.49 | ↑ +20% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $4,338.30 | ↑ +36% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $4,425.07 | ↑ +38% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $4,468.45 | ↑ +40% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $4,511.83 | ↑ +41% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $4,555.22 | ↑ +42% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $4,752.49 | ↑ +49% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $4,772.13 | ↑ +49% |
| kaiser | hmo | $4,992.00 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | ppo | $4,992.00 | ↑ +56% |
| sentara health | ppo | $5,072.52 | ↑ +59% |
| sentara health | hmo | $5,072.52 | ↑ +59% |
| united | exchange | $5,470.40 | ↑ +71% |
| anthem | hmo | $5,478.21 | ↑ +71% |
| anthem | ppo | $5,478.21 | ↑ +71% |
| carefirst | hmo | $5,515.00 | ↑ +72% |
| carefirst | ppo | $5,568.00 | ↑ +74% |
| united | nonoptions | $6,158.37 | ↑ +92% |
| united | options | $6,158.37 | ↑ +92% |
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Biopsy of urethra at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $3,200.00 | $1,509.00 – $5,515.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $3,200.00 | $1,509.00 – $5,515.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $3,200.00 | $1,509.00 – $5,515.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $3,200.00 | $1,509.00 – $5,515.00 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | not published | $1,010.00 – $5,978.00 |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | not published | $2,080.35 – $4,039.00 |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital | Norfolk | not published | $2,080.35 – $3,408.00 |
| Sentara RMH Medical Center | Harrisonburg | not published | $2,080.35 – $2,141.53 |