Exc im tumor/back/flank/ < 5 cm 21932 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

$5,453.00

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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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$10,906.00

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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.

$1,847.42 with sentara health vs $8,506.68 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
sentara health exchange $1,847.42 ↓ -66%
innovation fully insured $2,149.00 ↓ -61%
sentara health ppo $2,430.58 ↓ -55%
sentara health hmo $2,430.58 ↓ -55%
united exchange $2,538.64 ↓ -53%
innovation self insured $2,589.00 ↓ -53%
anthem medicaid advantage $2,626.58 ↓ -52%
united medicaid advantage $2,679.11 ↓ -51%
sentara health medicaid advantage $2,705.38 ↓ -50%
humana medicaid advantage $2,731.64 ↓ -50%
aetna medicaid advantage $2,757.91 ↓ -49%
united options $2,857.22 ↓ -48%
united nonoptions $2,857.22 ↓ -48%
anthem medicare advantage $2,862.05 ↓ -48%
united medicare advantage $2,862.05 ↓ -48%
aetna medicare advantage $2,862.05 ↓ -48%
kaiser medicaid advantage $2,889.24 ↓ -47%
sentara health medicare advantage $2,919.29 ↓ -46%
cigna medicare advantage $2,976.53 ↓ -45%
kaiser medicare advantage $2,976.53 ↓ -45%
aetna fannie-mae $3,116.15 ↓ -43%
humana medicare advantage $3,148.26 ↓ -42%
aetna ppo $3,645.00 ↓ -33%
aetna hmo $3,645.00 ↓ -33%
carefirst hmo $4,413.00 ↓ -19%
carefirst ppo $4,455.00 ↓ -18%
cigna exchange $6,440.00 ↑ +18%
anthem exchange hmo $6,639.89 ↑ +22%
anthem hmo $7,653.83 ↑ +40%
anthem ppo $7,653.83 ↑ +40%
cigna ppo $8,343.00 ↑ +53%
cigna hmo $8,343.00 ↑ +53%
kaiser ppo $8,506.68 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $8,506.68 ↑ +56%

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Exc im tumor/back/flank/ < 5 cm 21932 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $5,453.00 $1,847.42 – $4,413.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $5,453.00 $1,847.42 – $4,413.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $5,453.00 $1,847.42 – $4,413.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $5,453.00 $1,847.42 – $4,413.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $1,315.00 $2,670.00 – $5,418.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $3,914.00 $2,464.00 – $7,778.00
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $3,577.00 $2,913.65 – $2,999.35
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $3,914.00 $2,890.77 – $10,181.00

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