Ghs nerve block celiac plexus 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

$914.50

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,829.00

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.

$890.29 with aetna vs $2,678.00 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
aetna medicare advantage $890.29 ↓ -3%
anthem medicare advantage $890.29 ↓ -3%
united medicare advantage $890.29 ↓ -3%
sentara health medicare advantage $908.10 ↓ -1%
cigna medicare advantage $925.90 ↑ +1%
kaiser medicare advantage $925.90 ↑ +1%
humana medicare advantage $979.32 ↑ +7%
sentara health exchange $1,285.16 ↑ +41%
kaiser ppo $1,426.62 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $1,426.62 ↑ +56%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↑ +65%
sentara health ppo $1,690.84 ↑ +85%
sentara health hmo $1,690.84 ↑ +85%
united exchange $1,719.12 ↑ +88%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +99%
united nonoptions $1,935.37 ↑ +112%
united options $1,935.37 ↑ +112%
anthem exchange hmo $2,065.45 ↑ +126%
cigna exchange $2,067.00 ↑ +126%
anthem medicaid advantage $2,112.51 ↑ +131%
united medicaid advantage $2,154.76 ↑ +136%
sentara health medicaid advantage $2,175.89 ↑ +138%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +139%
humana medicaid advantage $2,197.01 ↑ +140%
aetna medicaid advantage $2,218.14 ↑ +143%
kaiser medicaid advantage $2,323.76 ↑ +154%
anthem hmo $2,380.86 ↑ +160%
anthem ppo $2,380.86 ↑ +160%
carefirst hmo $2,485.00 ↑ +172%
carefirst ppo $2,510.00 ↑ +174%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +180%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +180%
cigna hmo $2,678.00 ↑ +193%
cigna ppo $2,678.00 ↑ +193%

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Ghs nerve block celiac plexus at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $914.50 $890.29 – $2,485.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $914.50 $890.29 – $2,485.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $914.50 $890.29 – $2,485.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $914.50 $890.29 – $2,485.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $753.00 $880.23 – $1,547.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $1,683.00 $880.23 – $2,603.00
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $1,683.00 $880.23 – $3,408.00
Sentara RMH Medical Center Harrisonburg $753.00 $880.23 – $906.11

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