Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital
2501 Parkers Lane, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1922139120
$5,133.00
Cash price 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.
$10,266.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,458.59 with united vs $11,887.10 with cigna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| united | medicare advantage | $1,458.59 | ↓ -72% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $1,458.59 | ↓ -72% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $1,458.59 | ↓ -72% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $1,487.76 | ↓ -71% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $1,516.93 | ↓ -70% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $1,516.93 | ↓ -70% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $1,604.45 | ↓ -69% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $2,008.77 | ↓ -61% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $2,048.95 | ↓ -60% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $2,069.03 | ↓ -60% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $2,089.12 | ↓ -59% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $2,109.21 | ↓ -59% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $2,209.65 | ↓ -57% |
| carefirst | hmo | $3,217.44 | ↓ -37% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $3,383.90 | ↓ -34% |
| united | nonoptions | $3,401.01 | ↓ -34% |
| united | options | $3,401.01 | ↓ -34% |
| united | exchange | $3,401.01 | ↓ -34% |
| carefirst | ppo | $3,490.81 | ↓ -32% |
| sentara health | exchange | $3,694.84 | ↓ -28% |
| anthem | hmo | $3,900.63 | ↓ -24% |
| anthem | ppo | $3,900.63 | ↓ -24% |
| innovation | fully insured | $4,496.00 | ↓ -12% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $4,742.04 | ↓ -8% |
| sentara health | ppo | $4,861.16 | ↓ -5% |
| sentara health | hmo | $4,861.16 | ↓ -5% |
| innovation | self insured | $5,423.00 | ↑ +6% |
| aetna | hmo | $5,546.00 | ↑ +8% |
| aetna | ppo | $5,546.00 | ↑ +8% |
| kaiser | ppo | $8,007.48 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | hmo | $8,007.48 | ↑ +56% |
| cigna | ppo | $11,887.10 | ↑ +132% |
| cigna | exchange | $11,887.10 | ↑ +132% |
| cigna | hmo | $11,887.10 | ↑ +132% |
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Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $5,133.00 | $1,458.59 – $4,496.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $5,133.00 | $1,458.59 – $4,496.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $5,133.00 | $1,458.59 – $4,496.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $5,133.00 | $1,458.59 – $4,496.00 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | not published | $565.29 – $3,330.77 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | not published | $336.68 – $3,330.77 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | not published | $462.56 – $3,330.77 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI | PULASKI | not published | $382.20 – $3,330.77 |