Family therapy with patient 50 min 90847 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

$350.50

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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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$701.00

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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.

$160.67 with united vs $546.78 with kaiser — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
united medicare advantage $160.67 ↓ -54%
anthem medicare advantage $160.67 ↓ -54%
aetna medicare advantage $160.67 ↓ -54%
sentara health medicare advantage $163.88 ↓ -53%
kaiser medicare advantage $167.10 ↓ -52%
cigna medicare advantage $167.10 ↓ -52%
humana medicare advantage $176.74 ↓ -50%
anthem medicaid advantage $223.05 ↓ -36%
united medicaid advantage $227.51 ↓ -35%
sentara health medicaid advantage $229.74 ↓ -34%
humana medicaid advantage $231.97 ↓ -34%
aetna medicaid advantage $234.20 ↓ -33%
kaiser medicaid advantage $245.36 ↓ -30%
cigna exchange $312.51 ↓ -11%
anthem exchange hmo $372.76 ↑ +6%
carefirst hmo $385.55 ↑ +10%
united exchange $392.73 ↑ +12%
sentara health exchange $395.43 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $398.10 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $398.10 ↑ +14%
carefirst ppo $406.58 ↑ +16%
aetna fannie-mae $417.80 ↑ +19%
anthem hmo $429.68 ↑ +23%
anthem ppo $429.68 ↑ +23%
innovation fully insured $441.00 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $441.00 ↑ +26%
cigna ppo $452.71 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $452.71 ↑ +29%
united nonoptions $481.63 ↑ +37%
united options $481.63 ↑ +37%
sentara health ppo $520.25 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $520.25 ↑ +48%
kaiser hmo $546.78 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $546.78 ↑ +56%

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Family therapy with patient 50 min 90847 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $350.50 $160.67 – $441.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $350.50 $160.67 – $441.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $350.50 $160.67 – $441.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $350.50 $160.67 – $441.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $81.45 $86.50 – $377.53
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $81.45 $86.50 – $377.53
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $229.50 not published
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $81.45 $63.62 – $415.63

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