Nuclear rx IV admin 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

$681.00

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.

$1,362.00

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.

$224.13 with aetna vs $1,062.36 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 $224.13 ↓ -67%
united medicare advantage $224.13 ↓ -67%
anthem medicare advantage $224.13 ↓ -67%
sentara health medicare advantage $228.61 ↓ -66%
kaiser medicare advantage $233.10 ↓ -66%
cigna medicare advantage $233.10 ↓ -66%
humana medicare advantage $246.54 ↓ -64%
anthem medicaid advantage $348.40 ↓ -49%
united medicaid advantage $355.37 ↓ -48%
sentara health medicaid advantage $358.85 ↓ -47%
humana medicaid advantage $362.34 ↓ -47%
aetna medicaid advantage $365.82 ↓ -46%
kaiser medicaid advantage $383.24 ↓ -44%
anthem exchange hmo $519.97 ↓ -24%
united exchange $581.45 ↓ -15%
united options $581.45 ↓ -15%
united nonoptions $581.45 ↓ -15%
anthem hmo $599.37 ↓ -12%
anthem ppo $599.37 ↓ -12%
cigna exchange $607.18 ↓ -11%
carefirst hmo $722.96 ↑ +6%
sentara health exchange $768.29 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $773.48 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $773.48 ↑ +14%
carefirst ppo $784.38 ↑ +15%
aetna fannie-mae $811.75 ↑ +19%
cigna ppo $879.58 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $879.58 ↑ +29%
innovation fully insured $897.56 ↑ +32%
innovation self insured $897.56 ↑ +32%
sentara health ppo $1,010.81 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $1,010.81 ↑ +48%
kaiser hmo $1,062.36 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $1,062.36 ↑ +56%

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Nuclear rx IV admin at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $681.00 $224.13 – $897.56
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $1,362.00 $286.05 – $561.65
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $681.00 $224.13 – $897.56
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $681.00 $224.13 – $897.56
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $681.00 $224.13 – $897.56
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $1,134.00 $234.07 – $561.65
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $1,268.00 $193.40 – $561.65
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $1,358.00 $253.05 – $561.65

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