C-reactive protein high sensitivity 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

$143.50

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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.

$287.00

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.

$12.95 with united vs $223.86 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.

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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
united options $12.95 ↓ -91%
united nonoptions $12.95 ↓ -91%
anthem hmo $12.95 ↓ -91%
anthem medicare advantage $12.95 ↓ -91%
anthem exchange hmo $12.95 ↓ -91%
anthem ppo $12.95 ↓ -91%
aetna medicare advantage $12.95 ↓ -91%
united medicare advantage $12.95 ↓ -91%
united exchange $12.95 ↓ -91%
sentara health medicare advantage $13.21 ↓ -91%
anthem medicaid advantage $13.38 ↓ -91%
cigna medicare advantage $13.47 ↓ -91%
kaiser medicare advantage $13.47 ↓ -91%
united medicaid advantage $13.65 ↓ -90%
sentara health medicaid advantage $13.78 ↓ -90%
humana medicaid advantage $13.92 ↓ -90%
aetna medicaid advantage $14.05 ↓ -90%
humana medicare advantage $14.25 ↓ -90%
kaiser medicaid advantage $14.72 ↓ -90%
sentara health exchange $28.60 ↓ -80%
sentara health hmo $37.63 ↓ -74%
sentara health ppo $37.63 ↓ -74%
cigna exchange $52.63 ↓ -63%
cigna ppo $52.63 ↓ -63%
cigna hmo $52.63 ↓ -63%
carefirst hmo $81.95 ↓ -43%
carefirst ppo $91.17 ↓ -36%
aetna ppo $162.99 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $162.99 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $171.05 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $180.55 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $180.55 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $223.86 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $223.86 ↑ +56%

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C-reactive protein high sensitivity at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $143.50 $12.95 – $180.55
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $161.00 $11.27 – $18.78
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $143.50 $12.95 – $180.55
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $143.50 $12.95 – $180.55
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $143.50 $12.95 – $180.55
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $574.00 $11.27 – $57.90
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $179.00 $11.27 – $13.86
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $391.00 $9.95 – $13.86

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