Dressing wound matrix 2x2in 25sqcm-q4108-cost per sq cm 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

$80.50

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.

$161.00

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.

$53.81 with cigna vs $128.04 with sentara health — 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 $53.81 ↓ -33%
cigna hmo $53.81 ↓ -33%
cigna ppo $53.81 ↓ -33%
carefirst hmo $76.46 ↓ -5%
carefirst ppo $76.46 ↓ -5%
united options $81.05 ↑ +1%
united exchange $81.05 ↑ +1%
united nonoptions $81.05 ↑ +1%
sentara health exchange $97.32 ↑ +21%
kaiser hmo $125.58 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $125.58 ↑ +56%
sentara health hmo $128.04 ↑ +59%
sentara health ppo $128.04 ↑ +59%

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Dressing wound matrix 2x2in 25sqcm-q4108-cost per sq cm at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $1,738.88 not published
Sentara RMH Medical Center Harrisonburg $1,738.88 not published
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles $229.00 $76.46 – $336.92
Southampton Medical Center Franklin $20,526.34 not published
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $71.02 – $127.49
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $336.92 – $336.92
HENRICO DOCTORS HOSPITAL RICHMOND not published $336.92 – $336.92
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg not published $336.92 – $336.92

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