Microbe susceptible mlc 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

$129.50

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.

$259.00

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.

$40.17 with anthem vs $202.02 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 ppo $40.17 ↓ -69%
anthem medicare advantage $40.17 ↓ -69%
united medicare advantage $40.17 ↓ -69%
united options $40.17 ↓ -69%
united nonoptions $40.17 ↓ -69%
united exchange $40.17 ↓ -69%
aetna medicare advantage $40.17 ↓ -69%
anthem hmo $40.17 ↓ -69%
anthem exchange hmo $40.17 ↓ -69%
sentara health medicare advantage $40.97 ↓ -68%
kaiser medicare advantage $41.78 ↓ -68%
cigna medicare advantage $41.78 ↓ -68%
humana medicare advantage $44.19 ↓ -66%
carefirst hmo $65.59 ↓ -49%
anthem medicaid advantage $69.10 ↓ -47%
united medicaid advantage $70.48 ↓ -46%
sentara health medicaid advantage $71.17 ↓ -45%
humana medicaid advantage $71.86 ↓ -45%
aetna medicaid advantage $72.56 ↓ -44%
carefirst ppo $72.98 ↓ -44%
kaiser medicaid advantage $76.01 ↓ -41%
sentara health exchange $88.73 ↓ -31%
sentara health ppo $116.74 ↓ -10%
sentara health hmo $116.74 ↓ -10%
aetna hmo $147.09 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $147.09 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $154.36 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $162.94 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $162.94 ↑ +26%
cigna exchange $163.20 ↑ +26%
cigna ppo $163.20 ↑ +26%
cigna hmo $163.20 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $202.02 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $202.02 ↑ +56%

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Microbe susceptible mlc at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $129.50 $40.17 – $162.94
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $129.50 $40.17 – $162.94
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $129.50 $40.17 – $162.94
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $129.50 $40.17 – $162.94
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $34.96 – $58.25
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $34.96 – $179.60
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $34.96 – $42.98
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $30.85 – $42.98

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