Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min, other 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

$130.50

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$261.00

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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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$31.40 with anthem vs $203.58 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
anthem medicaid advantage $31.40 ↓ -76%
united medicaid advantage $32.03 ↓ -75%
sentara health medicaid advantage $32.34 ↓ -75%
humana medicaid advantage $32.66 ↓ -75%
aetna medicaid advantage $32.97 ↓ -75%
kaiser medicaid advantage $34.54 ↓ -74%
cigna exchange $116.35 ↓ -11%
carefirst hmo $143.55 ↑ +10%
united exchange $146.22 ↑ +12%
sentara health exchange $147.23 ↑ +13%
aetna ppo $148.22 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $148.22 ↑ +14%
carefirst ppo $151.38 ↑ +16%
aetna fannie-mae $155.56 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $164.20 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $164.20 ↑ +26%
cigna ppo $168.55 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $168.55 ↑ +29%
united options $179.32 ↑ +37%
united nonoptions $179.32 ↑ +37%
sentara health hmo $193.70 ↑ +48%
sentara health ppo $193.70 ↑ +48%
kaiser hmo $203.58 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $203.58 ↑ +56%

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Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min, other at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $130.50 $31.40 – $164.20
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $130.50 $31.40 – $164.20
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $130.50 $31.40 – $164.20
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $130.50 $31.40 – $164.20
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $91.80 $27.75 – $29.14
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $91.80 $27.75 – $29.14
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $244.50 not published
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $323.00 not published

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