Exc abdl tum deep < 5 cm 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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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.

$2,626.58 with anthem vs $7,653.83 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
anthem medicaid advantage $2,626.58
united medicaid advantage $2,679.11
sentara health medicaid advantage $2,705.38
humana medicaid advantage $2,731.64
aetna medicaid advantage $2,757.91
aetna medicare advantage $2,862.05
anthem medicare advantage $2,862.05
united medicare advantage $2,862.05
kaiser medicaid advantage $2,889.24
sentara health medicare advantage $2,919.29
cigna medicare advantage $2,976.53
kaiser medicare advantage $2,976.53
humana medicare advantage $3,148.26
innovation fully insured $3,689.00
sentara health exchange $3,855.49
carefirst hmo $4,413.00
innovation self insured $4,448.00
carefirst ppo $4,455.00
cigna exchange $4,528.00
sentara health ppo $5,072.52
sentara health hmo $5,072.52
aetna fannie-mae $5,360.06
united exchange $5,470.40
cigna hmo $5,866.00
cigna ppo $5,866.00
united options $6,158.37
united nonoptions $6,158.37
aetna hmo $6,269.00
aetna ppo $6,269.00
anthem exchange hmo $6,639.89
anthem ppo $7,653.83
anthem hmo $7,653.83

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Exc abdl tum deep < 5 cm at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria not published $2,626.58 – $4,413.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $4,464.50 $2,890.77 – $5,978.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $4,313.50 $2,890.77 – $4,926.00
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $3,942.00 $2,913.65 – $2,999.35
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $4,313.50 $2,890.77 – $6,448.00
Sentara RMH Medical Center Harrisonburg $4,464.50 $2,890.77 – $2,975.79
Sentara CarePlex Hospital Hampton $4,313.50 $2,890.77 – $2,975.79
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Norfolk $4,313.50 $2,890.77 – $6,448.00

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