Bypass temp external fem-fem 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

$1,406.50

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.

$2,813.00

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.

$618.26 with aetna vs $4,455.00 with carefirst — 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
aetna medicare advantage $618.26 ↓ -56%
united medicare advantage $618.26 ↓ -56%
anthem medicare advantage $618.26 ↓ -56%
sentara health medicare advantage $630.63 ↓ -55%
kaiser medicare advantage $642.99 ↓ -54%
cigna medicare advantage $642.99 ↓ -54%
humana medicare advantage $680.09 ↓ -52%
cigna exchange $1,224.30 ↓ -13%
sentara health exchange $1,285.16 ↓ -9%
anthem exchange hmo $1,434.35 ↑ +2%
anthem ppo $1,653.39 ↑ +18%
anthem hmo $1,653.39 ↑ +18%
sentara health ppo $1,690.84 ↑ +20%
sentara health hmo $1,690.84 ↑ +20%
united exchange $1,719.12 ↑ +22%
cigna ppo $1,730.10 ↑ +23%
cigna hmo $1,730.10 ↑ +23%
united options $1,935.37 ↑ +38%
united nonoptions $1,935.37 ↑ +38%
kaiser ppo $2,089.62 ↑ +49%
kaiser hmo $2,089.62 ↑ +49%
innovation fully insured $2,149.00 ↑ +53%
innovation self insured $2,589.00 ↑ +84%
anthem medicaid advantage $3,062.53 ↑ +118%
aetna fannie-mae $3,116.15 ↑ +122%
united medicaid advantage $3,123.78 ↑ +122%
sentara health medicaid advantage $3,154.41 ↑ +124%
humana medicaid advantage $3,185.03 ↑ +126%
aetna medicaid advantage $3,215.66 ↑ +129%
kaiser medicaid advantage $3,368.78 ↑ +140%
aetna ppo $3,645.00 ↑ +159%
aetna hmo $3,645.00 ↑ +159%
carefirst hmo $4,413.00 ↑ +214%
carefirst ppo $4,455.00 ↑ +217%

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Bypass temp external fem-fem at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,406.50 $618.26 – $4,413.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,406.50 $618.26 – $4,413.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,406.50 $618.26 – $4,413.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,406.50 $618.26 – $4,413.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $495.30 $612.05 – $2,706.39
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $495.30 $612.05 – $2,706.42
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $363.50 $624.29 – $1,547.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $407.00 $624.29 – $3,988.00

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