Ihc/icc per specimen each additional single antibody stain 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

$242.50

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.

$485.00

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.

$46.88 with anthem vs $378.30 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 medicaid advantage $46.88 ↓ -81%
united medicaid advantage $47.82 ↓ -80%
sentara health medicaid advantage $48.29 ↓ -80%
humana medicaid advantage $48.76 ↓ -80%
aetna medicaid advantage $49.22 ↓ -80%
kaiser medicaid advantage $51.57 ↓ -79%
united options $61.60 ↓ -75%
united nonoptions $61.60 ↓ -75%
united exchange $61.60 ↓ -75%
sentara health exchange $143.42 ↓ -41%
sentara health ppo $188.69 ↓ -22%
sentara health hmo $188.69 ↓ -22%
cigna exchange $240.95 ↓ -1%
cigna hmo $240.95 ↓ -1%
cigna ppo $240.95 ↓ -1%
carefirst hmo $266.75 ↑ +10%
aetna ppo $275.43 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $275.43 ↑ +14%
carefirst ppo $281.30 ↑ +16%
aetna fannie-mae $289.06 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $305.11 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $305.11 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $378.30 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $378.30 ↑ +56%

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Ihc/icc per specimen each additional single antibody stain at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $242.50 $46.88 – $305.11
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $242.50 $46.88 – $305.11
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $242.50 $46.88 – $305.11
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $242.50 $46.88 – $305.11
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $509.00 $65.25 – $291.73
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $509.00 $65.25 – $268.49
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA $410.67 $65.25 – $314.50
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg $537.84 $65.25 – $252.82

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