Critical care each additional 30 minutes 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

$542.50

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.

$1,085.00

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.

$483.69 with cigna vs $7,643.00 with carefirst — 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 $483.69 ↓ -11%
united exchange $607.86 ↑ +12%
aetna hmo $616.17 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $616.17 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $646.66 ↑ +19%
innovation self insured $682.57 ↑ +26%
innovation fully insured $682.57 ↑ +26%
cigna ppo $700.69 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $700.69 ↑ +29%
united nonoptions $745.47 ↑ +37%
united options $745.47 ↑ +37%
kaiser ppo $846.30 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $846.30 ↑ +56%
sentara health exchange $4,337.42 ↑ +700%
sentara health ppo $5,706.58 ↑ +952%
sentara health hmo $5,706.58 ↑ +952%
carefirst hmo $6,385.00 ↑ +1077%
carefirst ppo $7,643.00 ↑ +1309%

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Critical care each additional 30 minutes at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $542.50 $483.69 – $6,385.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $542.50 $483.69 – $6,414.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $542.50 $483.69 – $6,385.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $542.50 $483.69 – $6,385.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $558.50 not published
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $526.50 not published
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $1,351.00 not published
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $526.50 not published

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