Cefepime 1 gram solution for injection 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

$20.45

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$40.90

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1.70 with cigna vs $14.35 with kaiser — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
cigna hmo $1.70 ↓ -92%
cigna exchange $1.70 ↓ -92%
cigna ppo $1.70 ↓ -92%
carefirst hmo $1.91 ↓ -91%
carefirst ppo $1.91 ↓ -91%
united options $2.03 ↓ -90%
united nonoptions $2.03 ↓ -90%
united exchange $2.03 ↓ -90%
sentara health exchange $4.57 ↓ -78%
sentara health ppo $6.02 ↓ -71%
sentara health hmo $6.02 ↓ -71%
kaiser hmo $14.35 ↓ -30%
kaiser ppo $14.35 ↓ -30%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Cefepime 1 gram solution for injection at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $20.45 $1.70 – $14.35
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $20.45 $1.70 – $14.35
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $20.45 $1.70 – $14.35
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $20.45 $1.70 – $14.35
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $1.02 – $2.31
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $1.02 – $2.31
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $1.02 – $2.31
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $0.90 – $2.31

All Virginia hospitals for this procedure →