Mayo androstenedione 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

$291.50

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.

$583.00

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.

$15.74 with anthem vs $454.74 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 $15.74 ↓ -95%
united medicaid advantage $16.05 ↓ -94%
sentara health medicaid advantage $16.21 ↓ -94%
humana medicaid advantage $16.37 ↓ -94%
aetna medicaid advantage $16.53 ↓ -94%
kaiser medicaid advantage $17.31 ↓ -94%
anthem hmo $29.28 ↓ -90%
united medicare advantage $29.28 ↓ -90%
united options $29.28 ↓ -90%
united nonoptions $29.28 ↓ -90%
united exchange $29.28 ↓ -90%
aetna medicare advantage $29.28 ↓ -90%
anthem ppo $29.28 ↓ -90%
anthem exchange hmo $29.28 ↓ -90%
anthem medicare advantage $29.28 ↓ -90%
sentara health medicare advantage $29.87 ↓ -90%
cigna medicare advantage $30.45 ↓ -90%
kaiser medicare advantage $30.45 ↓ -90%
humana medicare advantage $32.21 ↓ -89%
sentara health exchange $64.68 ↓ -78%
sentara health hmo $85.09 ↓ -71%
sentara health ppo $85.09 ↓ -71%
cigna hmo $118.95 ↓ -59%
cigna exchange $118.95 ↓ -59%
cigna ppo $118.95 ↓ -59%
carefirst hmo $185.28 ↓ -36%
carefirst ppo $206.14 ↓ -29%
aetna ppo $331.09 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $331.09 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $347.47 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $366.77 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $366.77 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $454.74 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $454.74 ↑ +56%

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Mayo androstenedione at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $291.50 $15.74 – $366.77
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $291.50 $15.74 – $366.77
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $291.50 $15.74 – $366.77
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $291.50 $15.74 – $366.77
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $713.00 $25.48 – $130.91
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $906.00 $25.48 – $31.33
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $732.00 $22.48 – $31.33
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $622.00 $25.48 – $42.46

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