Cytotoxic antibody screening 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

$242.00

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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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$484.00

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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.

$5.16 with anthem vs $377.52 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

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 $5.16 ↓ -98%
united medicaid advantage $5.26 ↓ -98%
sentara health medicaid advantage $5.31 ↓ -98%
humana medicaid advantage $5.37 ↓ -98%
aetna medicaid advantage $5.42 ↓ -98%
kaiser medicaid advantage $5.68 ↓ -98%
anthem hmo $29.68 ↓ -88%
united medicare advantage $29.68 ↓ -88%
united options $29.68 ↓ -88%
united nonoptions $29.68 ↓ -88%
united exchange $29.68 ↓ -88%
aetna medicare advantage $29.68 ↓ -88%
anthem ppo $29.68 ↓ -88%
anthem exchange hmo $29.68 ↓ -88%
anthem medicare advantage $29.68 ↓ -88%
sentara health medicare advantage $30.27 ↓ -87%
cigna medicare advantage $30.87 ↓ -87%
kaiser medicare advantage $30.87 ↓ -87%
humana medicare advantage $32.65 ↓ -87%
sentara health exchange $65.56 ↓ -73%
sentara health hmo $86.25 ↓ -64%
sentara health ppo $86.25 ↓ -64%
cigna hmo $120.58 ↓ -50%
cigna exchange $120.58 ↓ -50%
cigna ppo $120.58 ↓ -50%
carefirst hmo $187.86 ↓ -22%
carefirst ppo $209.01 ↓ -14%
aetna ppo $274.86 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $274.86 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $288.46 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $304.48 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $304.48 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $377.52 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $377.52 ↑ +56%

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Cytotoxic antibody screening at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $242.00 $5.16 – $304.48
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $242.00 $5.16 – $304.48
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $242.00 $5.16 – $304.48
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $242.00 $5.16 – $304.48
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $25.83 – $43.04
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $25.83 – $132.70
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $25.83 – $31.76
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $22.79 – $31.76

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