Brachy source i-125 injection 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

$191.00

Cash price

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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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$382.00

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.

$37.04 with anthem vs $410.95 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 medicare advantage $37.04 ↓ -81%
united medicare advantage $37.04 ↓ -81%
aetna medicare advantage $37.04 ↓ -81%
sentara health medicare advantage $37.78 ↓ -80%
cigna medicare advantage $38.52 ↓ -80%
kaiser medicare advantage $38.52 ↓ -80%
humana medicare advantage $40.74 ↓ -79%
anthem exchange hmo $85.93 ↓ -55%
anthem hmo $99.06 ↓ -48%
anthem ppo $99.06 ↓ -48%
carefirst hmo $126.06 ↓ -34%
carefirst ppo $133.70 ↓ -30%
kaiser hmo $297.96 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $297.96 ↑ +56%
anthem medicaid advantage $373.59 ↑ +96%
united medicaid advantage $381.06 ↑ +100%
sentara health medicaid advantage $384.80 ↑ +101%
humana medicaid advantage $388.53 ↑ +103%
aetna medicaid advantage $392.27 ↑ +105%
kaiser medicaid advantage $410.95 ↑ +115%

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Brachy source i-125 injection at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $191.00 $37.04 – $126.06
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $191.00 $37.04 – $126.06
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $191.00 $37.04 – $126.06
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $191.00 $37.04 – $126.06
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $45.02 not published
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $93.67 not published
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $20.55 $22.73 – $340.37
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $93.67 not published

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