Mayo dhea (dehydroepiandrosterone) 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

$217.00

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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.

$434.00

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.

$14.35 with anthem vs $338.52 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 $14.35 ↓ -93%
united medicaid advantage $14.64 ↓ -93%
sentara health medicaid advantage $14.78 ↓ -93%
humana medicaid advantage $14.92 ↓ -93%
aetna medicaid advantage $15.07 ↓ -93%
kaiser medicaid advantage $15.79 ↓ -93%
anthem hmo $25.27 ↓ -88%
united medicare advantage $25.27 ↓ -88%
united options $25.27 ↓ -88%
united nonoptions $25.27 ↓ -88%
united exchange $25.27 ↓ -88%
aetna medicare advantage $25.27 ↓ -88%
anthem ppo $25.27 ↓ -88%
anthem exchange hmo $25.27 ↓ -88%
anthem medicare advantage $25.27 ↓ -88%
sentara health medicare advantage $25.78 ↓ -88%
cigna medicare advantage $26.28 ↓ -88%
kaiser medicare advantage $26.28 ↓ -88%
humana medicare advantage $27.80 ↓ -87%
sentara health exchange $55.82 ↓ -74%
sentara health hmo $73.44 ↓ -66%
sentara health ppo $73.44 ↓ -66%
cigna hmo $102.70 ↓ -53%
cigna exchange $102.70 ↓ -53%
cigna ppo $102.70 ↓ -53%
carefirst hmo $159.95 ↓ -26%
carefirst ppo $177.96 ↓ -18%
aetna ppo $246.47 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $246.47 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $258.66 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $273.03 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $273.03 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $338.52 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $338.52 ↑ +56%

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Mayo dhea (dehydroepiandrosterone) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $217.00 $14.35 – $273.03
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $217.00 $14.35 – $273.03
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $217.00 $14.35 – $273.03
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $217.00 $14.35 – $273.03
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $828.00 $21.99 – $112.98
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $334.00 $21.99 – $27.04
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $521.00 $19.40 – $27.04
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $400.00 $21.99 – $36.64

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