Bx of breast open 19101 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

$12,284.00

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$24,568.00

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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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$1,909.84 with anthem vs $10,240.45 with anthem — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 medicaid advantage $1,909.84 ↓ -84%
united medicaid advantage $1,948.04 ↓ -84%
sentara health medicaid advantage $1,967.14 ↓ -84%
humana medicaid advantage $1,986.23 ↓ -84%
aetna medicaid advantage $2,005.33 ↓ -84%
kaiser medicaid advantage $2,100.82 ↓ -83%
innovation fully insured $2,149.00 ↓ -83%
innovation self insured $2,589.00 ↓ -79%
cigna exchange $2,763.00 ↓ -78%
aetna fannie-mae $3,116.15 ↓ -75%
cigna ppo $3,580.00 ↓ -71%
cigna hmo $3,580.00 ↓ -71%
aetna ppo $3,645.00 ↓ -70%
aetna hmo $3,645.00 ↓ -70%
united medicare advantage $3,829.28 ↓ -69%
anthem medicare advantage $3,829.28 ↓ -69%
aetna medicare advantage $3,829.28 ↓ -69%
sentara health exchange $3,855.49 ↓ -69%
sentara health medicare advantage $3,905.87 ↓ -68%
kaiser medicare advantage $3,982.45 ↓ -68%
cigna medicare advantage $3,982.45 ↓ -68%
humana medicare advantage $4,212.21 ↓ -66%
carefirst hmo $4,413.00 ↓ -64%
carefirst ppo $4,455.00 ↓ -64%
sentara health ppo $5,072.52 ↓ -59%
sentara health hmo $5,072.52 ↓ -59%
united exchange $5,470.40 ↓ -55%
united nonoptions $6,158.37 ↓ -50%
united options $6,158.37 ↓ -50%
anthem exchange hmo $8,883.85 ↓ -28%
kaiser ppo $9,581.52 ↓ -22%
kaiser hmo $9,581.52 ↓ -22%
anthem hmo $10,240.45 ↓ -17%
anthem ppo $10,240.45 ↓ -17%

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Bx of breast open 19101 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $12,284.00 $1,909.84 – $4,413.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $12,284.00 $1,909.84 – $4,413.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $12,284.00 $1,909.84 – $4,413.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $12,284.00 $1,909.84 – $4,413.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $4,745.50 $1,571.00 – $5,978.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $5,077.00 $3,231.00 – $4,011.24
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $1,397.10 $1,738.38 – $9,168.55
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $6,358.00 $3,927.48 – $4,042.99

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