Insertion picc without port or pump with imaging guidance=>5y 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

$2,609.00

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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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$5,218.00

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.

$1,509.00 with innovation vs $7,757.00 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
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↓ -42%
anthem medicare advantage $1,553.44 ↓ -40%
aetna medicare advantage $1,553.44 ↓ -40%
united medicare advantage $1,553.44 ↓ -40%
sentara health medicare advantage $1,584.51 ↓ -39%
kaiser medicare advantage $1,615.58 ↓ -38%
cigna medicare advantage $1,615.58 ↓ -38%
anthem medicaid advantage $1,694.84 ↓ -35%
humana medicare advantage $1,708.78 ↓ -35%
united medicaid advantage $1,728.74 ↓ -34%
sentara health medicaid advantage $1,745.69 ↓ -33%
humana medicaid advantage $1,762.63 ↓ -32%
aetna medicaid advantage $1,779.58 ↓ -32%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↓ -30%
sentara health exchange $1,847.42 ↓ -29%
kaiser medicaid advantage $1,864.32 ↓ -29%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↓ -16%
sentara health ppo $2,430.58 ↓ -7%
sentara health hmo $2,430.58 ↓ -7%
carefirst hmo $2,485.00 ↓ -5%
carefirst ppo $2,510.00 ↓ -4%
united exchange $2,538.64 ↓ -3%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↓ -2%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↓ -2%
united options $2,857.22 ↑ +10%
united nonoptions $2,857.22 ↑ +10%
anthem exchange hmo $3,603.94 ↑ +38%
kaiser ppo $4,070.04 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $4,070.04 ↑ +56%
anthem hmo $4,154.28 ↑ +59%
anthem ppo $4,154.28 ↑ +59%
cigna exchange $5,988.00 ↑ +130%
cigna hmo $7,757.00 ↑ +197%
cigna ppo $7,757.00 ↑ +197%

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Insertion picc without port or pump with imaging guidance=>5y at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $2,609.00 $1,509.00 – $2,485.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $2,609.00 $1,509.00 – $2,485.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $2,609.00 $1,509.00 – $2,485.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $2,609.00 $1,509.00 – $2,485.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $1,046.85 $976.29 – $3,348.22
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $1,046.85 $1,497.76 – $3,348.22
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $2,856.00 $1,566.60 – $3,276.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $3,055.50 $1,566.60 – $3,988.00

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