Cath lt/rt pulm art 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

$575.00

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.

$1,150.00

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.

$262.78 with cigna vs $2,561.00 with aetna — 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
cigna exchange $262.78 ↓ -54%
cigna ppo $371.34 ↓ -35%
cigna hmo $371.34 ↓ -35%
kaiser ppo $448.50 ↓ -22%
kaiser hmo $448.50 ↓ -22%
sentara health exchange $883.55 ↑ +54%
carefirst hmo $943.00 ↑ +64%
carefirst ppo $953.00 ↑ +66%
anthem medicaid advantage $967.43 ↑ +68%
united medicaid advantage $986.78 ↑ +72%
sentara health medicaid advantage $996.45 ↑ +73%
humana medicaid advantage $1,006.13 ↑ +75%
aetna medicaid advantage $1,015.80 ↑ +77%
kaiser medicaid advantage $1,064.17 ↑ +85%
united exchange $1,127.36 ↑ +96%
sentara health ppo $1,162.45 ↑ +102%
sentara health hmo $1,162.45 ↑ +102%
united nonoptions $1,269.99 ↑ +121%
united options $1,269.99 ↑ +121%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↑ +162%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +217%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +281%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +345%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +345%

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Cath lt/rt pulm art at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $575.00 $262.78 – $1,509.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $575.00 $262.78 – $1,509.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $575.00 $262.78 – $1,509.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $575.00 $262.78 – $1,509.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $1,292.85 $854.93 – $897.68
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $1,292.85 $854.94 – $897.69
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $2,367.00 $511.00 – $2,004.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $2,652.50 $484.00 – $3,988.00

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