Ghs st - re-eval for alt comm 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

$595.00

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.

$1,190.00

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.

$79.29 with anthem vs $928.20 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.

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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
anthem ppo $79.29 ↓ -87%
anthem hmo $79.29 ↓ -87%
anthem exchange hmo $79.29 ↓ -87%
sentara health exchange $120.48 ↓ -80%
sentara health ppo $158.52 ↓ -73%
sentara health hmo $158.52 ↓ -73%
carefirst hmo $204.40 ↓ -66%
carefirst ppo $208.78 ↓ -65%
anthem medicaid advantage $403.33 ↓ -32%
united medicaid advantage $411.40 ↓ -31%
sentara health medicaid advantage $415.43 ↓ -30%
humana medicaid advantage $419.46 ↓ -30%
aetna medicaid advantage $423.50 ↓ -29%
kaiser medicaid advantage $443.66 ↓ -25%
united exchange $463.05 ↓ -22%
cigna exchange $530.50 ↓ -11%
united nonoptions $582.98 ↓ -2%
united options $582.98 ↓ -2%
aetna ppo $675.80 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $675.80 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $709.24 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $748.63 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $748.63 ↑ +26%
cigna ppo $768.50 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $768.50 ↑ +29%
kaiser hmo $928.20 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $928.20 ↑ +56%

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Ghs st - re-eval for alt comm at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $595.00 $79.29 – $748.63
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $595.00 $79.29 – $748.63
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $595.00 $79.29 – $748.63
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $595.00 $79.29 – $748.63
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $59.89 – $75.38
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $59.89 – $97.29
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $59.89 – $77.11
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $52.84 – $77.11

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