#cbg+cort-cbg 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

$271.50

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.

$543.00

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.

$15.74 with anthem vs $423.54 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
anthem medicaid advantage $15.74 ↓ -94%
united medicaid advantage $16.05 ↓ -94%
sentara health medicaid advantage $16.21 ↓ -94%
humana medicaid advantage $16.37 ↓ -94%
aetna medicaid advantage $16.53 ↓ -94%
kaiser medicaid advantage $17.31 ↓ -94%
anthem hmo $18.00 ↓ -93%
united medicare advantage $18.00 ↓ -93%
united options $18.00 ↓ -93%
united nonoptions $18.00 ↓ -93%
united exchange $18.00 ↓ -93%
aetna medicare advantage $18.00 ↓ -93%
anthem ppo $18.00 ↓ -93%
anthem exchange hmo $18.00 ↓ -93%
anthem medicare advantage $18.00 ↓ -93%
sentara health medicare advantage $18.36 ↓ -93%
cigna medicare advantage $18.72 ↓ -93%
kaiser medicare advantage $18.72 ↓ -93%
humana medicare advantage $19.80 ↓ -93%
sentara health exchange $39.76 ↓ -85%
sentara health hmo $52.31 ↓ -81%
sentara health ppo $52.31 ↓ -81%
cigna hmo $73.13 ↓ -73%
cigna exchange $73.13 ↓ -73%
cigna ppo $73.13 ↓ -73%
carefirst hmo $113.93 ↓ -58%
carefirst ppo $126.76 ↓ -53%
aetna ppo $308.37 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $308.37 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $323.63 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $341.60 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $341.60 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $423.54 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $423.54 ↑ +56%

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#cbg+cort-cbg at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $271.50 $15.74 – $341.60
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $271.50 $15.74 – $341.60
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $271.50 $15.74 – $341.60
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $271.50 $15.74 – $341.60
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $15.67 – $26.10
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $15.67 – $80.48
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $15.67 – $19.26
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $13.82 – $19.26

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