Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid quantification cytomegalovirus 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

$212.50

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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.

$425.00

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.

$42.84 with aetna vs $331.50 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
aetna medicare advantage $42.84 ↓ -80%
united medicare advantage $42.84 ↓ -80%
united options $42.84 ↓ -80%
united nonoptions $42.84 ↓ -80%
united exchange $42.84 ↓ -80%
anthem hmo $42.84 ↓ -80%
anthem medicare advantage $42.84 ↓ -80%
anthem exchange hmo $42.84 ↓ -80%
anthem ppo $42.84 ↓ -80%
sentara health medicare advantage $43.70 ↓ -79%
kaiser medicare advantage $44.55 ↓ -79%
cigna medicare advantage $44.55 ↓ -79%
humana medicare advantage $47.12 ↓ -78%
anthem medicaid advantage $69.10 ↓ -67%
united medicaid advantage $70.48 ↓ -67%
sentara health medicaid advantage $71.17 ↓ -67%
humana medicaid advantage $71.86 ↓ -66%
aetna medicaid advantage $72.56 ↓ -66%
kaiser medicaid advantage $76.01 ↓ -64%
sentara health exchange $94.63 ↓ -55%
sentara health hmo $124.50 ↓ -41%
sentara health ppo $124.50 ↓ -41%
cigna hmo $174.08 ↓ -18%
cigna ppo $174.08 ↓ -18%
cigna exchange $174.08 ↓ -18%
carefirst hmo $179.61 ↓ -15%
carefirst ppo $199.84 ↓ -6%
aetna ppo $241.36 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $241.36 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $253.30 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $267.37 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $267.37 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $331.50 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $331.50 ↑ +56%

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Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid quantification cytomegalovirus at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $212.50 $42.84 – $267.37
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $1,120.00 $37.28 – $62.12
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $212.50 $42.84 – $267.37
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $212.50 $42.84 – $267.37
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $212.50 $42.84 – $267.37
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $958.00 $37.28 – $191.54
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $917.00 $37.28 – $45.84
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $1,615.00 $32.89 – $45.84

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