Bx vulva or perineum/1 lesion 56605 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

$779.00

Cash price

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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.

$1,558.00

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.

$752.86 with anthem vs $2,678.00 with cigna — 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 medicaid advantage $752.86 ↓ -3%
united medicaid advantage $767.92 ↓ -1%
sentara health medicaid advantage $775.45 ↓ -0%
humana medicaid advantage $782.97 ↑ +1%
aetna medicaid advantage $790.50 ↑ +1%
kaiser medicaid advantage $828.15 ↑ +6%
anthem medicare advantage $870.74 ↑ +12%
united medicare advantage $870.74 ↑ +12%
aetna medicare advantage $870.74 ↑ +12%
sentara health medicare advantage $888.15 ↑ +14%
kaiser medicare advantage $905.57 ↑ +16%
cigna medicare advantage $905.57 ↑ +16%
humana medicare advantage $957.81 ↑ +23%
kaiser hmo $1,215.24 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $1,215.24 ↑ +56%
sentara health exchange $1,285.16 ↑ +65%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↑ +94%
sentara health ppo $1,690.84 ↑ +117%
sentara health hmo $1,690.84 ↑ +117%
united exchange $1,719.12 ↑ +121%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +134%
united nonoptions $1,935.37 ↑ +148%
united options $1,935.37 ↑ +148%
anthem exchange hmo $2,020.11 ↑ +159%
cigna exchange $2,067.00 ↑ +165%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +181%
anthem ppo $2,328.59 ↑ +199%
anthem hmo $2,328.59 ↑ +199%
carefirst hmo $2,485.00 ↑ +219%
carefirst ppo $2,510.00 ↑ +222%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +229%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +229%
cigna hmo $2,678.00 ↑ +244%
cigna ppo $2,678.00 ↑ +244%

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Bx vulva or perineum/1 lesion 56605 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $779.00 $752.86 – $2,485.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $779.00 $752.86 – $2,485.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $779.00 $752.86 – $2,485.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $779.00 $752.86 – $2,485.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $138.30 $84.16 – $1,959.07
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $138.30 $84.16 – $922.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $1,107.50 $916.63 – $1,547.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $1,185.00 $916.63 – $2,603.00

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