Desmopressin 4 mcg/ml injection solution 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

$18.53

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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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$37.06

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.

$3.52 with anthem vs $190.12 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 ppo $3.52 ↓ -81%
anthem hmo $3.52 ↓ -81%
aetna medicare advantage $3.52 ↓ -81%
united medicare advantage $3.52 ↓ -81%
anthem medicare advantage $3.52 ↓ -81%
anthem exchange hmo $3.52 ↓ -81%
sentara health medicare advantage $3.59 ↓ -81%
kaiser medicare advantage $3.66 ↓ -80%
cigna medicare advantage $3.66 ↓ -80%
humana medicare advantage $3.88 ↓ -79%
kaiser hmo $4.64 ↓ -75%
kaiser ppo $4.64 ↓ -75%
cigna ppo $4.91 ↓ -74%
cigna hmo $4.91 ↓ -74%
cigna exchange $4.91 ↓ -74%
carefirst hmo $6.06 ↓ -67%
carefirst ppo $6.06 ↓ -67%
united options $6.42 ↓ -65%
united exchange $6.42 ↓ -65%
united nonoptions $6.42 ↓ -65%
sentara health exchange $15.71 ↓ -15%
sentara health ppo $20.66 ↑ +11%
sentara health hmo $20.66 ↑ +11%
anthem medicaid advantage $172.84 ↑ +833%
united medicaid advantage $176.30 ↑ +851%
sentara health medicaid advantage $178.03 ↑ +861%
humana medicaid advantage $179.75 ↑ +870%
aetna medicaid advantage $181.48 ↑ +879%
kaiser medicaid advantage $190.12 ↑ +926%

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Desmopressin 4 mcg/ml injection solution at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $18.53 $3.52 – $6.06
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $752.00 $3.82 – $9.04
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $18.53 $3.52 – $6.06
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $18.53 $3.52 – $6.06
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $18.53 $3.52 – $6.06
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $1,101.00 $3.82 – $9.04
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $178.00 $3.82 – $9.04
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $375.00 $3.82 – $9.04

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