Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital
2501 Parkers Lane, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1922139120
$22.64
Cash price 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.
$45.28
Gross charge 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.
$14.15 with kaiser vs $39.11 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| kaiser | ppo | $14.15 | ↓ -38% |
| kaiser | hmo | $14.15 | ↓ -38% |
| cigna | exchange | $22.61 | ↓ -0% |
| cigna | hmo | $22.61 | ↓ -0% |
| cigna | ppo | $22.61 | ↓ -0% |
| carefirst | hmo | $25.21 | ↑ +11% |
| carefirst | ppo | $25.21 | ↑ +11% |
| united | nonoptions | $26.73 | ↑ +18% |
| united | options | $26.73 | ↑ +18% |
| united | exchange | $26.73 | ↑ +18% |
| sentara health | exchange | $29.73 | ↑ +31% |
| sentara health | hmo | $39.11 | ↑ +73% |
| sentara health | ppo | $39.11 | ↑ +73% |
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Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $22.64 | $14.15 – $29.73 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $22.64 | $14.15 – $29.73 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $22.64 | $14.15 – $29.73 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $22.64 | $14.15 – $29.73 |
| SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | Fredericksburg | $536.76 | $15.60 – $41.47 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | not published | $13.67 – $41.47 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | not published | $13.67 – $41.47 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI | PULASKI | not published | $12.06 – $41.47 |