Chest apical lordotic proj 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

$254.50

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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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$509.00

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.

$80.04 with anthem vs $397.02 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 $80.04 ↓ -69%
united medicaid advantage $81.64 ↓ -68%
sentara health medicaid advantage $82.44 ↓ -68%
humana medicaid advantage $83.24 ↓ -67%
aetna medicaid advantage $84.04 ↓ -67%
kaiser medicaid advantage $88.04 ↓ -65%
anthem medicare advantage $88.05 ↓ -65%
united medicare advantage $88.05 ↓ -65%
aetna medicare advantage $88.05 ↓ -65%
sentara health medicare advantage $89.81 ↓ -65%
kaiser medicare advantage $91.57 ↓ -64%
cigna medicare advantage $91.57 ↓ -64%
humana medicare advantage $96.86 ↓ -62%
united nonoptions $185.87 ↓ -27%
united options $185.87 ↓ -27%
united exchange $185.87 ↓ -27%
anthem exchange hmo $204.26 ↓ -20%
cigna exchange $226.91 ↓ -11%
anthem hmo $235.46 ↓ -7%
anthem ppo $235.46 ↓ -7%
sentara health exchange $287.12 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $289.06 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $289.06 ↑ +14%
carefirst hmo $290.82 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $303.36 ↑ +19%
carefirst ppo $315.53 ↑ +24%
cigna ppo $328.71 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $328.71 ↑ +29%
innovation self insured $335.43 ↑ +32%
innovation fully insured $335.43 ↑ +32%
sentara health ppo $377.75 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $377.75 ↑ +48%
kaiser hmo $397.02 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $397.02 ↑ +56%

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Chest apical lordotic proj at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $254.50 $80.04 – $335.43
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $254.50 $80.04 – $335.43
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $254.50 $80.04 – $335.43
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $254.50 $80.04 – $335.43
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $1,781.00 $53.86 – $182.03
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $1,678.00 $44.50 – $182.03
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $1,156.00 $58.23 – $182.03
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $1,438.00 $35.20 – $189.87

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