Ercp stent exchange w/dilate 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

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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.

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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.

$3,508.00 with innovation vs $15,919.28 with anthem — 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
innovation fully insured $3,508.00
sentara health exchange $3,855.49
innovation self insured $4,227.00
sentara health ppo $5,072.52
sentara health hmo $5,072.52
aetna fannie-mae $5,091.48
united exchange $5,470.40
united medicare advantage $5,952.81
anthem medicare advantage $5,952.81
aetna medicare advantage $5,952.81
aetna ppo $5,955.00
aetna hmo $5,955.00
sentara health medicare advantage $6,071.87
united nonoptions $6,158.37
united options $6,158.37
cigna medicare advantage $6,190.92
kaiser medicare advantage $6,190.92
anthem medicaid advantage $6,482.91
humana medicare advantage $6,548.09
united medicaid advantage $6,612.57
sentara health medicaid advantage $6,677.40
humana medicaid advantage $6,742.23
aetna medicaid advantage $6,807.06
kaiser medicaid advantage $7,131.20
carefirst hmo $8,272.00
carefirst ppo $8,352.00
cigna exchange $8,545.00
cigna hmo $11,070.00
cigna ppo $11,070.00
anthem exchange hmo $13,810.37
anthem hmo $15,919.28
anthem ppo $15,919.28

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Ercp stent exchange w/dilate at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria not published $3,508.00 – $8,272.00
St Mary's Hospital Richmond $12,953.76 $6,090.75 – $6,212.56
St Francis Medical Center Midlothian $19,144.00 $5,923.28 – $6,041.75
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church not published $3,508.00 – $8,272.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 not published $3,508.00 – $8,272.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg not published $3,508.00 – $8,272.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $3,304.00 – $6,716.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $3,988.00 – $6,310.00

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