Brachy src nonstrand c-131 at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital
2501 Parkers Lane, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1922139120
$221.00
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.
$442.00
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.
$96.56 with united vs $5,214.83 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.
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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| united | medicare advantage | $96.56 | ↓ -56% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $96.56 | ↓ -56% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $96.56 | ↓ -56% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $98.49 | ↓ -55% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $100.42 | ↓ -55% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $100.42 | ↓ -55% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $106.22 | ↓ -52% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $224.02 | ↑ +1% |
| anthem | ppo | $258.23 | ↑ +17% |
| anthem | hmo | $258.23 | ↑ +17% |
| kaiser | ppo | $344.76 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | hmo | $344.76 | ↑ +56% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $4,740.75 | ↑ +2045% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $4,835.57 | ↑ +2088% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $4,882.97 | ↑ +2109% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $4,930.38 | ↑ +2131% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $4,977.79 | ↑ +2152% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $5,214.83 | ↑ +2260% |
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Brachy src nonstrand c-131 at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $221.00 | $96.56 – $106.22 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $221.00 | $96.56 – $106.22 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $221.00 | $96.56 – $106.22 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $221.00 | $96.56 – $106.22 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $63.14 | not published |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | $210.62 | not published |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital | Norfolk | $210.62 | not published |
| Sentara RMH Medical Center | Harrisonburg | $63.14 | not published |