Calcium 24 hour urine 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

$46.00

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.

$92.00

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.

$6.03 with aetna vs $71.76 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
aetna medicare advantage $6.03 ↓ -87%
united options $6.03 ↓ -87%
united nonoptions $6.03 ↓ -87%
united exchange $6.03 ↓ -87%
anthem hmo $6.03 ↓ -87%
anthem medicare advantage $6.03 ↓ -87%
anthem exchange hmo $6.03 ↓ -87%
anthem ppo $6.03 ↓ -87%
united medicare advantage $6.03 ↓ -87%
sentara health medicare advantage $6.15 ↓ -87%
kaiser medicare advantage $6.27 ↓ -86%
cigna medicare advantage $6.27 ↓ -86%
anthem medicaid advantage $6.47 ↓ -86%
united medicaid advantage $6.60 ↓ -86%
humana medicare advantage $6.63 ↓ -86%
sentara health medicaid advantage $6.66 ↓ -86%
humana medicaid advantage $6.73 ↓ -85%
aetna medicaid advantage $6.79 ↓ -85%
kaiser medicaid advantage $7.12 ↓ -85%
sentara health exchange $13.32 ↓ -71%
sentara health ppo $17.52 ↓ -62%
sentara health hmo $17.52 ↓ -62%
cigna ppo $24.50 ↓ -47%
cigna hmo $24.50 ↓ -47%
cigna exchange $24.50 ↓ -47%
carefirst hmo $38.19 ↓ -17%
carefirst ppo $42.49 ↓ -8%
aetna ppo $52.25 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $52.25 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $54.83 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $57.88 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $57.88 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $71.76 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $71.76 ↑ +56%

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Calcium 24 hour urine at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $46.00 $6.03 – $57.88
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $245.00 $5.24 – $8.74
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $46.00 $6.03 – $57.88
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $46.00 $6.03 – $57.88
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $46.00 $6.03 – $57.88
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $243.00 $5.24 – $26.96
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $259.00 $5.24 – $6.45
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $315.00 $4.63 – $6.45

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