Dxa bone density axl vrt fx 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

$374.00

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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.

$748.00

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.

$106.34 with aetna vs $583.44 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

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
aetna medicare advantage $106.34 ↓ -72%
united medicare advantage $106.34 ↓ -72%
anthem medicare advantage $106.34 ↓ -72%
sentara health medicare advantage $108.47 ↓ -71%
anthem medicaid advantage $108.64 ↓ -71%
kaiser medicare advantage $110.59 ↓ -70%
cigna medicare advantage $110.59 ↓ -70%
united medicaid advantage $110.81 ↓ -70%
sentara health medicaid advantage $111.90 ↓ -70%
humana medicaid advantage $112.99 ↓ -70%
aetna medicaid advantage $114.07 ↓ -70%
humana medicare advantage $116.97 ↓ -69%
kaiser medicaid advantage $119.50 ↓ -68%
anthem exchange hmo $246.71 ↓ -34%
united exchange $250.18 ↓ -33%
united nonoptions $250.18 ↓ -33%
united options $250.18 ↓ -33%
anthem ppo $284.39 ↓ -24%
anthem hmo $284.39 ↓ -24%
carefirst hmo $308.11 ↓ -18%
cigna exchange $333.46 ↓ -11%
carefirst ppo $334.29 ↓ -11%
sentara health exchange $421.94 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $424.79 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $424.79 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $445.81 ↑ +19%
cigna ppo $483.06 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $483.06 ↑ +29%
innovation fully insured $492.93 ↑ +32%
innovation self insured $492.93 ↑ +32%
sentara health ppo $555.13 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $555.13 ↑ +48%
kaiser hmo $583.44 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $583.44 ↑ +56%

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Dxa bone density axl vrt fx at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $374.00 $106.34 – $492.93
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $374.00 $106.34 – $492.93
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $374.00 $106.34 – $492.93
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $374.00 $106.34 – $492.93
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $74.10 – $245.18
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $44.13 – $254.28
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $60.64 – $245.18
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $50.10 – $245.18

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