Ghs musc tst done w/n tst non ext at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital
2501 Parkers Lane, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1922139120
$137.50
Cash price 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.
$275.00
Gross charge 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.
$122.60 with cigna vs $214.50 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| cigna | exchange | $122.60 | ↓ -11% |
| carefirst | hmo | $151.25 | ↑ +10% |
| united | exchange | $154.07 | ↑ +12% |
| sentara health | exchange | $155.12 | ↑ +13% |
| aetna | hmo | $156.17 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | ppo | $156.17 | ↑ +14% |
| carefirst | ppo | $159.50 | ↑ +16% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $163.90 | ↑ +19% |
| innovation | self insured | $173.00 | ↑ +26% |
| innovation | fully insured | $173.00 | ↑ +26% |
| cigna | hmo | $177.60 | ↑ +29% |
| cigna | ppo | $177.60 | ↑ +29% |
| united | nonoptions | $188.94 | ↑ +37% |
| united | options | $188.94 | ↑ +37% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $193.05 | ↑ +40% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $196.91 | ↑ +43% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $198.84 | ↑ +45% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $200.77 | ↑ +46% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $202.70 | ↑ +47% |
| sentara health | ppo | $204.09 | ↑ +48% |
| sentara health | hmo | $204.09 | ↑ +48% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $212.36 | ↑ +54% |
| kaiser | hmo | $214.50 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | ppo | $214.50 | ↑ +56% |
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Ghs musc tst done w/n tst non ext at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $137.50 | $122.60 – $212.36 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $137.50 | $122.60 – $212.36 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $137.50 | $122.60 – $212.36 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $137.50 | $122.60 – $212.36 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $45.00 | $36.93 – $179.13 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $45.00 | $39.75 – $179.13 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $192.50 | not published |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | $173.00 | not published |