Drug test def 15-21 classes 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

$875.50

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.

$1,751.00

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.

$190.95 with anthem vs $1,365.78 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 $190.95 ↓ -78%
united medicaid advantage $194.77 ↓ -78%
sentara health medicaid advantage $196.68 ↓ -78%
humana medicaid advantage $198.59 ↓ -77%
united nonoptions $198.74 ↓ -77%
united exchange $198.74 ↓ -77%
aetna medicare advantage $198.74 ↓ -77%
anthem ppo $198.74 ↓ -77%
anthem hmo $198.74 ↓ -77%
united medicare advantage $198.74 ↓ -77%
united options $198.74 ↓ -77%
anthem medicare advantage $198.74 ↓ -77%
anthem exchange hmo $198.74 ↓ -77%
aetna medicaid advantage $200.50 ↓ -77%
sentara health medicare advantage $202.71 ↓ -77%
kaiser medicare advantage $206.69 ↓ -76%
cigna medicare advantage $206.69 ↓ -76%
kaiser medicaid advantage $210.05 ↓ -76%
humana medicare advantage $218.61 ↓ -75%
cigna ppo $807.38 ↓ -8%
cigna exchange $807.38 ↓ -8%
cigna hmo $807.38 ↓ -8%
aetna hmo $994.39 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $994.39 ↑ +14%
carefirst hmo $1,016.40 ↑ +16%
aetna fannie-mae $1,043.60 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $1,101.55 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $1,101.55 ↑ +26%
carefirst ppo $1,130.82 ↑ +29%
kaiser hmo $1,365.78 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $1,365.78 ↑ +56%

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Drug test def 15-21 classes at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $875.50 $190.95 – $1,101.55
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $875.50 $190.95 – $1,101.55
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $875.50 $190.95 – $1,101.55
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $875.50 $190.95 – $1,101.55
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $172.95 – $288.17
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $172.95 – $888.57
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $172.95 – $212.65
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $152.60 – $212.65

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