Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital
2501 Parkers Lane, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1922139120
$3,034.50
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.
$6,069.00
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.
$1,847.42 with sentara health vs $9,859.82 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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| sentara health | exchange | $1,847.42 | ↓ -39% |
| innovation | fully insured | $2,149.00 | ↓ -29% |
| sentara health | ppo | $2,430.58 | ↓ -20% |
| sentara health | hmo | $2,430.58 | ↓ -20% |
| united | exchange | $2,538.64 | ↓ -16% |
| innovation | self insured | $2,589.00 | ↓ -15% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $2,636.29 | ↓ -13% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $2,689.02 | ↓ -11% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $2,715.38 | ↓ -11% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $2,741.74 | ↓ -10% |
| cigna | exchange | $2,763.00 | ↓ -9% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $2,768.10 | ↓ -9% |
| united | nonoptions | $2,857.22 | ↓ -6% |
| united | options | $2,857.22 | ↓ -6% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $2,899.92 | ↓ -4% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $3,116.15 | ↑ +3% |
| cigna | ppo | $3,580.00 | ↑ +18% |
| cigna | hmo | $3,580.00 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | ppo | $3,645.00 | ↑ +20% |
| aetna | hmo | $3,645.00 | ↑ +20% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $3,686.95 | ↑ +22% |
| united | medicare advantage | $3,686.95 | ↑ +22% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $3,686.95 | ↑ +22% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $3,760.69 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $3,834.43 | ↑ +26% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $3,834.43 | ↑ +26% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $4,055.65 | ↑ +34% |
| carefirst | hmo | $4,413.00 | ↑ +45% |
| carefirst | ppo | $4,455.00 | ↑ +47% |
| kaiser | hmo | $4,733.82 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | ppo | $4,733.82 | ↑ +56% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $8,553.64 | ↑ +182% |
| anthem | hmo | $9,859.82 | ↑ +225% |
| anthem | ppo | $9,859.82 | ↑ +225% |
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Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $3,034.50 | $1,847.42 – $4,413.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $3,034.50 | $1,847.42 – $4,413.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $3,034.50 | $1,847.42 – $4,413.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $3,034.50 | $1,847.42 – $4,413.00 |
| Maryview Hospital | Portsmouth | $13,301.25 | $3,637.69 – $3,710.44 |
| St Mary's Hospital | Richmond | $29,665.34 | $7,080.53 – $7,222.14 |
| Mary Immaculate Hospital | Newport News | $11,591.65 | $3,637.69 – $3,710.44 |
| Harbour View Medical Center | Suffolk | $6,946.20 | not published |