Hdr rdncl skn surf brachytx 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

$886.00

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.

$1,772.00

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.

$262.98 with united vs $1,382.16 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
united medicare advantage $262.98 ↓ -70%
aetna medicare advantage $262.98 ↓ -70%
anthem medicare advantage $262.98 ↓ -70%
sentara health medicare advantage $268.24 ↓ -70%
kaiser medicare advantage $273.50 ↓ -69%
cigna medicare advantage $273.50 ↓ -69%
humana medicare advantage $289.28 ↓ -67%
carefirst hmo $594.71 ↓ -33%
anthem exchange hmo $610.10 ↓ -31%
carefirst ppo $645.24 ↓ -27%
anthem medicaid advantage $684.46 ↓ -23%
united medicaid advantage $698.15 ↓ -21%
anthem hmo $703.27 ↓ -21%
anthem ppo $703.27 ↓ -21%
sentara health medicaid advantage $704.99 ↓ -20%
humana medicaid advantage $711.84 ↓ -20%
aetna medicaid advantage $718.68 ↓ -19%
kaiser medicaid advantage $752.91 ↓ -15%
cigna exchange $789.96 ↓ -11%
united exchange $992.74 ↑ +12%
sentara health exchange $999.57 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $1,006.32 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $1,006.32 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $1,056.11 ↑ +19%
cigna ppo $1,144.36 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $1,144.36 ↑ +29%
innovation fully insured $1,167.75 ↑ +32%
innovation self insured $1,167.75 ↑ +32%
united options $1,217.48 ↑ +37%
united nonoptions $1,217.48 ↑ +37%
sentara health ppo $1,315.09 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $1,315.09 ↑ +48%
kaiser hmo $1,382.16 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $1,382.16 ↑ +56%

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Hdr rdncl skn surf brachytx at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $886.00 $262.98 – $1,167.75
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $886.00 $262.98 – $1,167.75
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $886.00 $262.98 – $1,167.75
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $886.00 $262.98 – $1,167.75
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $383.92 – $383.92
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $228.66 – $228.66
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $314.15 – $314.15
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $259.58 – $259.58

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