Exc sq tumor/shoulder area 3cm/> 23071 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

$9,600.00

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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.

$19,200.00

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.

$1,620.24 with united vs $11,070.00 with cigna — 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
united medicare advantage $1,620.24 ↓ -83%
anthem medicare advantage $1,620.24 ↓ -83%
aetna medicare advantage $1,620.24 ↓ -83%
sentara health medicare advantage $1,652.64 ↓ -83%
cigna medicare advantage $1,685.05 ↓ -82%
kaiser medicare advantage $1,685.05 ↓ -82%
humana medicare advantage $1,782.26 ↓ -81%
anthem medicaid advantage $2,626.58 ↓ -73%
united medicaid advantage $2,679.11 ↓ -72%
sentara health medicaid advantage $2,705.38 ↓ -72%
humana medicaid advantage $2,731.64 ↓ -72%
aetna medicaid advantage $2,757.91 ↓ -71%
kaiser medicaid advantage $2,889.24 ↓ -70%
innovation fully insured $3,508.00 ↓ -63%
carefirst hmo $3,529.00 ↓ -63%
carefirst ppo $3,563.00 ↓ -63%
anthem exchange hmo $3,758.91 ↓ -61%
sentara health exchange $3,855.49 ↓ -60%
innovation self insured $4,227.00 ↓ -56%
anthem hmo $4,332.91 ↓ -55%
anthem ppo $4,332.91 ↓ -55%
sentara health ppo $5,072.52 ↓ -47%
sentara health hmo $5,072.52 ↓ -47%
aetna fannie-mae $5,091.48 ↓ -47%
united exchange $5,470.40 ↓ -43%
aetna ppo $5,955.00 ↓ -38%
aetna hmo $5,955.00 ↓ -38%
united options $6,158.37 ↓ -36%
united nonoptions $6,158.37 ↓ -36%
kaiser hmo $7,488.00 ↓ -22%
kaiser ppo $7,488.00 ↓ -22%
cigna exchange $8,545.00 ↓ -11%
cigna hmo $11,070.00 ↑ +15%
cigna ppo $11,070.00 ↑ +15%

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Exc sq tumor/shoulder area 3cm/> 23071 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $9,600.00 $1,620.24 – $3,529.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $9,600.00 $1,620.24 – $3,529.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $9,600.00 $1,620.24 – $3,529.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $9,600.00 $1,620.24 – $3,529.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $2,503.50 $1,643.67 – $6,716.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $5,376.00 $1,643.67 – $10,469.00
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $5,376.00 $1,656.68 – $1,705.40
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $5,376.00 $1,643.67 – $13,700.00

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