Drug test(s) presumptive any class instrument chemistry analyzers 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

$296.50

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.

$593.00

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.

$62.14 with anthem vs $462.54 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 $62.14 ↓ -79%
anthem medicare advantage $62.14 ↓ -79%
united medicare advantage $62.14 ↓ -79%
united options $62.14 ↓ -79%
united nonoptions $62.14 ↓ -79%
united exchange $62.14 ↓ -79%
aetna medicare advantage $62.14 ↓ -79%
anthem hmo $62.14 ↓ -79%
anthem exchange hmo $62.14 ↓ -79%
sentara health medicare advantage $63.38 ↓ -79%
kaiser medicare advantage $64.63 ↓ -78%
cigna medicare advantage $64.63 ↓ -78%
humana medicare advantage $68.35 ↓ -77%
anthem medicaid advantage $82.49 ↓ -72%
united medicaid advantage $84.14 ↓ -72%
sentara health medicaid advantage $84.96 ↓ -71%
humana medicaid advantage $85.79 ↓ -71%
aetna medicaid advantage $86.61 ↓ -71%
kaiser medicaid advantage $90.74 ↓ -69%
carefirst hmo $92.05 ↓ -69%
carefirst ppo $102.41 ↓ -65%
sentara health exchange $137.26 ↓ -54%
sentara health ppo $180.59 ↓ -39%
sentara health hmo $180.59 ↓ -39%
cigna hmo $252.45 ↓ -15%
cigna exchange $252.45 ↓ -15%
cigna ppo $252.45 ↓ -15%
aetna ppo $336.76 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $336.76 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $353.43 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $373.06 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $373.06 ↑ +26%
kaiser ppo $462.54 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $462.54 ↑ +56%

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Drug test(s) presumptive any class instrument chemistry analyzers at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $296.50 $62.14 – $373.06
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $931.00 $54.08 – $90.10
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $296.50 $62.14 – $373.06
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $296.50 $62.14 – $373.06
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $296.50 $62.14 – $373.06
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles $1,626.36 $47.71 – $236.53
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $54.08 – $277.83
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $54.08 – $66.49

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