Fresh frozen plasma thawing ea un 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

$56.50

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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$113.00

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.

$2.33 with cigna vs $458.27 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
cigna hmo $2.33 ↓ -96%
cigna ppo $2.33 ↓ -96%
cigna exchange $2.33 ↓ -96%
sentara health exchange $45.26 ↓ -20%
carefirst hmo $51.60 ↓ -9%
carefirst ppo $57.41 ↑ +2%
sentara health ppo $59.55 ↑ +5%
sentara health hmo $59.55 ↑ +5%
aetna hmo $64.17 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $64.17 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $67.35 ↑ +19%
innovation self insured $71.09 ↑ +26%
innovation fully insured $71.09 ↑ +26%
kaiser ppo $88.14 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $88.14 ↑ +56%
anthem medicaid advantage $123.77 ↑ +119%
united medicaid advantage $126.25 ↑ +123%
sentara health medicaid advantage $127.48 ↑ +126%
humana medicaid advantage $128.72 ↑ +128%
aetna medicaid advantage $129.96 ↑ +130%
kaiser medicaid advantage $136.15 ↑ +141%
united nonoptions $152.32 ↑ +170%
united options $152.32 ↑ +170%
united exchange $152.32 ↑ +170%
united medicare advantage $171.36 ↑ +203%
aetna medicare advantage $171.36 ↑ +203%
anthem medicare advantage $171.36 ↑ +203%
sentara health medicare advantage $174.79 ↑ +209%
cigna medicare advantage $178.21 ↑ +215%
kaiser medicare advantage $178.21 ↑ +215%
humana medicare advantage $188.50 ↑ +234%
anthem exchange hmo $397.56 ↑ +604%
anthem hmo $458.27 ↑ +711%
anthem ppo $458.27 ↑ +711%

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Fresh frozen plasma thawing ea un at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $56.50 $2.33 – $128.72
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $56.50 $2.33 – $128.72
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $56.50 $2.33 – $128.72
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $56.50 $2.33 – $128.72
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles $211.58 $2.18 – $725.66
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $149.16 – $842.01
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $2.44 – $666.89
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $149.16 – $634.53

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