Nasal/sinus endo w/ethmoidectomy part 31254 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

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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.

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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.

$3,689.00 with innovation vs $18,512.39 with anthem — 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

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
innovation fully insured $3,689.00
sentara health exchange $3,855.49
anthem medicaid advantage $3,896.66
united medicaid advantage $3,974.59
sentara health medicaid advantage $4,013.56
humana medicaid advantage $4,052.53
aetna medicaid advantage $4,091.49
kaiser medicaid advantage $4,286.33
cigna exchange $4,391.00
innovation self insured $4,448.00
sentara health hmo $5,072.52
sentara health ppo $5,072.52
aetna fannie-mae $5,360.06
united exchange $5,470.40
cigna hmo $5,689.00
cigna ppo $5,689.00
united options $6,158.37
united nonoptions $6,158.37
aetna ppo $6,269.00
aetna hmo $6,269.00
carefirst hmo $6,895.00
anthem medicare advantage $6,922.47
united medicare advantage $6,922.47
aetna medicare advantage $6,922.47
carefirst ppo $6,962.00
sentara health medicare advantage $7,060.92
cigna medicare advantage $7,199.37
kaiser medicare advantage $7,199.37
humana medicare advantage $7,614.72
anthem exchange hmo $16,059.96
anthem hmo $18,512.39
anthem ppo $18,512.39

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Nasal/sinus endo w/ethmoidectomy part 31254 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria not published $3,689.00 – $6,895.00
St Mary's Hospital Richmond $21,460.10 $7,080.53 – $7,222.14
Mary Immaculate Hospital Newport News $24,456.79 $6,885.86 – $7,023.57
St Francis Medical Center Midlothian $27,356.83 $6,885.86 – $6,885.86
Southside Regional Medical Center Petersburg $37,763.28 $6,885.86 – $7,023.57
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church not published $3,689.00 – $6,895.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 not published $3,689.00 – $6,895.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg not published $3,689.00 – $6,895.00

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