Insitu hybridization manual 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

$498.00

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$996.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

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

$209.98 with sentara health vs $961.97 with anthem — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
sentara health exchange $209.98 ↓ -58%
carefirst hmo $225.37 ↓ -55%
anthem medicaid advantage $231.10 ↓ -54%
united medicaid advantage $235.72 ↓ -53%
sentara health medicaid advantage $238.03 ↓ -52%
humana medicaid advantage $240.34 ↓ -52%
aetna medicaid advantage $242.66 ↓ -51%
carefirst ppo $250.74 ↓ -50%
kaiser medicaid advantage $254.21 ↓ -49%
sentara health ppo $276.26 ↓ -45%
sentara health hmo $276.26 ↓ -45%
united options $297.45 ↓ -40%
united exchange $297.45 ↓ -40%
united nonoptions $297.45 ↓ -40%
aetna medicare advantage $359.72 ↓ -28%
united medicare advantage $359.72 ↓ -28%
anthem medicare advantage $359.72 ↓ -28%
sentara health medicare advantage $366.91 ↓ -26%
kaiser medicare advantage $374.11 ↓ -25%
cigna medicare advantage $374.11 ↓ -25%
humana medicare advantage $395.69 ↓ -21%
cigna ppo $417.13 ↓ -16%
cigna hmo $417.13 ↓ -16%
cigna exchange $417.13 ↓ -16%
aetna hmo $565.63 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $565.63 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $593.62 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $626.58 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $626.58 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $776.88 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $776.88 ↑ +56%
anthem exchange hmo $834.53 ↑ +68%
anthem hmo $961.97 ↑ +93%
anthem ppo $961.97 ↑ +93%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Insitu hybridization manual at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $498.00 $209.98 – $626.58
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $235.00 $291.26 – $1,644.16
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $498.00 $209.98 – $626.58
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $498.00 $209.98 – $626.58
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $498.00 $209.98 – $626.58
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $665.00 $291.26 – $1,302.22
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $1,483.00 $291.26 – $1,635.13
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $665.00 $291.26 – $846.69

All Virginia hospitals for this procedure →