Mayo vasoactive intestinal peptide 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

$277.00

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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.

$554.00

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.

$35.33 with aetna vs $432.12 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 $35.33 ↓ -87%
united medicare advantage $35.33 ↓ -87%
united options $35.33 ↓ -87%
united nonoptions $35.33 ↓ -87%
united exchange $35.33 ↓ -87%
anthem hmo $35.33 ↓ -87%
anthem medicare advantage $35.33 ↓ -87%
anthem exchange hmo $35.33 ↓ -87%
anthem ppo $35.33 ↓ -87%
sentara health medicare advantage $36.04 ↓ -87%
kaiser medicare advantage $36.74 ↓ -87%
cigna medicare advantage $36.74 ↓ -87%
humana medicare advantage $38.86 ↓ -86%
anthem medicaid advantage $41.29 ↓ -85%
united medicaid advantage $42.12 ↓ -85%
sentara health medicaid advantage $42.53 ↓ -85%
humana medicaid advantage $42.94 ↓ -84%
aetna medicaid advantage $43.35 ↓ -84%
kaiser medicaid advantage $45.42 ↓ -84%
sentara health exchange $78.04 ↓ -72%
sentara health hmo $102.67 ↓ -63%
sentara health ppo $102.67 ↓ -63%
cigna hmo $143.50 ↓ -48%
cigna ppo $143.50 ↓ -48%
cigna exchange $143.50 ↓ -48%
carefirst hmo $223.65 ↓ -19%
carefirst ppo $248.82 ↓ -10%
aetna ppo $314.62 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $314.62 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $330.18 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $348.52 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $348.52 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $432.12 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $432.12 ↑ +56%

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Mayo vasoactive intestinal peptide at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $277.00 $35.33 – $348.52
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $277.00 $35.33 – $348.52
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $277.00 $35.33 – $348.52
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $277.00 $35.33 – $348.52
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $916.00 $30.74 – $157.96
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $1,324.00 $27.13 – $37.80
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $507.00 $30.74 – $51.23
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $916.00 $30.74 – $151.66

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