Lipoprtn dir meas sd ldl chl 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

$113.00

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.

$226.00

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.

$33.33 with anthem vs $176.70 with carefirst — 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
anthem medicaid advantage $33.33 ↓ -71%
united medicaid advantage $34.00 ↓ -70%
anthem hmo $34.19 ↓ -70%
united medicare advantage $34.19 ↓ -70%
united options $34.19 ↓ -70%
united nonoptions $34.19 ↓ -70%
united exchange $34.19 ↓ -70%
aetna medicare advantage $34.19 ↓ -70%
anthem ppo $34.19 ↓ -70%
anthem exchange hmo $34.19 ↓ -70%
anthem medicare advantage $34.19 ↓ -70%
sentara health medicaid advantage $34.33 ↓ -70%
humana medicaid advantage $34.66 ↓ -69%
sentara health medicare advantage $34.87 ↓ -69%
aetna medicaid advantage $35.00 ↓ -69%
cigna medicare advantage $35.56 ↓ -69%
kaiser medicare advantage $35.56 ↓ -69%
kaiser medicaid advantage $36.66 ↓ -68%
humana medicare advantage $37.61 ↓ -67%
sentara health exchange $75.52 ↓ -33%
sentara health ppo $99.36 ↓ -12%
sentara health hmo $99.36 ↓ -12%
aetna hmo $128.35 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $128.35 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $134.70 ↑ +19%
cigna exchange $138.88 ↑ +23%
cigna ppo $138.88 ↑ +23%
cigna hmo $138.88 ↑ +23%
innovation fully insured $142.18 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $142.18 ↑ +26%
carefirst hmo $158.82 ↑ +41%
kaiser hmo $176.28 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $176.28 ↑ +56%
carefirst ppo $176.70 ↑ +56%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Lipoprtn dir meas sd ldl chl at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $113.00 $33.33 – $158.82
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $113.00 $33.33 – $158.82
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $113.00 $33.33 – $158.82
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $113.00 $33.33 – $158.82
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $29.75 – $49.58
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $29.75 – $152.86
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $29.75 – $36.58
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $26.25 – $36.58

All Virginia hospitals for this procedure →