Hbot, full body chamber, 30m 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

$901.50

Cash price

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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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$1,803.00

Gross charge

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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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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$137.90 with united vs $3,865.00 with united — 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

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
united medicare advantage $137.90 ↓ -85%
anthem medicare advantage $137.90 ↓ -85%
aetna medicare advantage $137.90 ↓ -85%
sentara health medicare advantage $140.66 ↓ -84%
cigna medicare advantage $143.42 ↓ -84%
kaiser medicare advantage $143.42 ↓ -84%
humana medicare advantage $151.69 ↓ -83%
anthem exchange hmo $319.92 ↓ -65%
anthem ppo $368.78 ↓ -59%
anthem hmo $368.78 ↓ -59%
sentara health exchange $401.61 ↓ -55%
carefirst hmo $430.24 ↓ -52%
carefirst ppo $452.75 ↓ -50%
sentara health ppo $528.39 ↓ -41%
sentara health hmo $528.39 ↓ -41%
anthem medicaid advantage $563.84 ↓ -37%
united medicaid advantage $575.12 ↓ -36%
sentara health medicaid advantage $580.76 ↓ -36%
humana medicaid advantage $586.39 ↓ -35%
aetna medicaid advantage $592.03 ↓ -34%
kaiser medicaid advantage $620.22 ↓ -31%
cigna exchange $803.78 ↓ -11%
cigna hmo $1,164.38 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $1,164.38 ↑ +29%
kaiser ppo $1,406.34 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $1,406.34 ↑ +56%
united exchange $3,009.00 ↑ +234%
united options $3,865.00 ↑ +329%
united nonoptions $3,865.00 ↑ +329%

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Hbot, full body chamber, 30m at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $901.50 $137.90 – $430.24
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $901.50 $137.90 – $430.24
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $901.50 $137.90 – $430.24
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $901.50 $137.90 – $430.24
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA not published $444.00 – $444.00
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles not published $444.00 – $444.00

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