Drvvt confirm - quest 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

$156.50

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.

$313.00

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.

$5.25 with anthem vs $244.14 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.

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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 $5.25 ↓ -97%
united medicaid advantage $5.36 ↓ -97%
sentara health medicaid advantage $5.41 ↓ -97%
humana medicaid advantage $5.46 ↓ -97%
aetna medicaid advantage $5.51 ↓ -96%
kaiser medicaid advantage $5.78 ↓ -96%
anthem hmo $17.98 ↓ -89%
united medicare advantage $17.98 ↓ -89%
united options $17.98 ↓ -89%
united nonoptions $17.98 ↓ -89%
united exchange $17.98 ↓ -89%
aetna medicare advantage $17.98 ↓ -89%
anthem ppo $17.98 ↓ -89%
anthem exchange hmo $17.98 ↓ -89%
anthem medicare advantage $17.98 ↓ -89%
sentara health medicare advantage $18.34 ↓ -88%
cigna medicare advantage $18.70 ↓ -88%
kaiser medicare advantage $18.70 ↓ -88%
humana medicare advantage $19.78 ↓ -87%
sentara health exchange $39.72 ↓ -75%
sentara health hmo $52.25 ↓ -67%
sentara health ppo $52.25 ↓ -67%
cigna hmo $73.08 ↓ -53%
cigna exchange $73.08 ↓ -53%
cigna ppo $73.08 ↓ -53%
carefirst hmo $113.79 ↓ -27%
carefirst ppo $126.60 ↓ -19%
aetna ppo $177.75 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $177.75 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $186.55 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $196.91 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $196.91 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $244.14 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $244.14 ↑ +56%

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Drvvt confirm - quest at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $156.50 $5.25 – $196.91
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $156.50 $5.25 – $196.91
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $156.50 $5.25 – $196.91
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $156.50 $5.25 – $196.91
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $508.00 $15.65 – $26.07
HENRICO DOCTORS HOSPITAL RICHMOND $834.00 $15.65 – $77.20
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $15.65 – $26.07
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $15.65 – $80.39

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