Cath/saline/contrast/sis/hysteosal 58340 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

$479.00

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$958.00

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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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$437.81 with cigna vs $2,561.00 with aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $437.81 ↓ -9%
anthem medicaid advantage $497.88 ↑ +4%
united medicaid advantage $507.84 ↑ +6%
sentara health medicaid advantage $512.82 ↑ +7%
humana medicaid advantage $517.80 ↑ +8%
aetna medicaid advantage $522.77 ↑ +9%
kaiser medicaid advantage $547.67 ↑ +14%
cigna ppo $618.68 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $618.68 ↑ +29%
kaiser hmo $747.24 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $747.24 ↑ +56%
sentara health exchange $883.55 ↑ +84%
carefirst hmo $943.00 ↑ +97%
carefirst ppo $953.00 ↑ +99%
united exchange $1,127.36 ↑ +135%
sentara health ppo $1,162.45 ↑ +143%
sentara health hmo $1,162.45 ↑ +143%
united nonoptions $1,269.99 ↑ +165%
united options $1,269.99 ↑ +165%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↑ +215%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +280%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +357%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +435%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +435%

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Cath/saline/contrast/sis/hysteosal 58340 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $479.00 $437.81 – $1,509.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $479.00 $437.81 – $1,509.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $479.00 $437.81 – $1,509.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $479.00 $437.81 – $1,509.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $74.55 $439.99 – $461.99
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $74.55 $439.99 – $461.99
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $524.00 $511.00 – $2,004.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $1,274.00 $484.00 – $3,988.00

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