Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate 6 or more targets 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

$2,354.50

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

$4,709.00

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.

$213.69 with anthem vs $3,673.02 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 $213.69 ↓ -91%
united medicaid advantage $217.96 ↓ -91%
united medicare advantage $218.06 ↓ -91%
anthem ppo $218.06 ↓ -91%
anthem hmo $218.06 ↓ -91%
united exchange $218.06 ↓ -91%
aetna medicare advantage $218.06 ↓ -91%
anthem medicare advantage $218.06 ↓ -91%
anthem exchange hmo $218.06 ↓ -91%
united options $218.06 ↓ -91%
united nonoptions $218.06 ↓ -91%
sentara health medicaid advantage $220.10 ↓ -91%
humana medicaid advantage $222.24 ↓ -91%
sentara health medicare advantage $222.42 ↓ -91%
aetna medicaid advantage $224.37 ↓ -90%
kaiser medicare advantage $226.78 ↓ -90%
cigna medicare advantage $226.78 ↓ -90%
kaiser medicaid advantage $235.06 ↓ -90%
humana medicare advantage $239.87 ↓ -90%
cigna exchange $885.88 ↓ -62%
cigna hmo $885.88 ↓ -62%
cigna ppo $885.88 ↓ -62%
carefirst hmo $987.81 ↓ -58%
carefirst ppo $1,099.02 ↓ -53%
aetna ppo $2,674.24 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $2,674.24 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $2,806.56 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $2,962.43 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $2,962.43 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $3,673.02 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $3,673.02 ↑ +56%

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Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate 6 or more targets at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $2,354.50 $213.69 – $2,962.43
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $2,354.50 $213.69 – $2,962.43
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $2,354.50 $213.69 – $2,962.43
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $2,354.50 $213.69 – $2,962.43
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $189.76 – $316.19
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $189.76 – $974.95
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $189.76 – $233.32
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $167.44 – $233.32

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