Diphenhydramine 50 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital
2501 Parkers Lane, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1922139120
$16.16
Cash price 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.
$32.31
Gross charge 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.
$1.05 with cigna vs $23.14 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| cigna | hmo | $1.05 | ↓ -94% |
| cigna | exchange | $1.05 | ↓ -94% |
| cigna | ppo | $1.05 | ↓ -94% |
| carefirst | hmo | $1.40 | ↓ -91% |
| carefirst | ppo | $1.40 | ↓ -91% |
| united | options | $1.49 | ↓ -91% |
| united | nonoptions | $1.49 | ↓ -91% |
| united | exchange | $1.49 | ↓ -91% |
| sentara health | exchange | $2.23 | ↓ -86% |
| sentara health | ppo | $2.93 | ↓ -82% |
| sentara health | hmo | $2.93 | ↓ -82% |
| kaiser | hmo | $23.14 | ↑ +43% |
| kaiser | ppo | $23.14 | ↑ +43% |
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Diphenhydramine 50 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $16.16 | $1.05 – $23.14 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | $92.00 | $0.56 – $1.88 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $16.16 | $1.05 – $23.14 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $16.16 | $1.05 – $23.14 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $16.16 | $1.05 – $23.14 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | $178.00 | $0.56 – $1.88 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI | PULASKI | $124.00 | $0.49 – $1.88 |
| LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER | ROANOKE | $212.00 | $0.56 – $2.13 |