Place cath intracranial art 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

$921.00

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$1,842.00

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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.

$420.90 with cigna vs $7,371.95 with kaiser — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
cigna exchange $420.90 ↓ -54%
carefirst hmo $506.55 ↓ -45%
carefirst ppo $534.18 ↓ -42%
cigna hmo $594.78 ↓ -35%
cigna ppo $594.78 ↓ -35%
kaiser hmo $718.38 ↓ -22%
kaiser ppo $718.38 ↓ -22%
sentara health exchange $883.55 ↓ -4%
united exchange $1,127.36 ↑ +22%
sentara health ppo $1,162.45 ↑ +26%
sentara health hmo $1,162.45 ↑ +26%
united options $1,269.99 ↑ +38%
united nonoptions $1,269.99 ↑ +38%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↑ +64%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +98%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +138%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +178%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +178%
anthem medicaid advantage $6,701.77 ↑ +628%
united medicaid advantage $6,835.81 ↑ +642%
sentara health medicaid advantage $6,902.82 ↑ +649%
humana medicaid advantage $6,969.84 ↑ +657%
aetna medicaid advantage $7,036.86 ↑ +664%
kaiser medicaid advantage $7,371.95 ↑ +700%

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Place cath intracranial art at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $921.00 $420.90 – $6,969.84
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $921.00 $420.90 – $6,969.84
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $921.00 $420.90 – $6,969.84
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $921.00 $420.90 – $6,969.84
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $323.10 $5,922.42 – $6,218.54
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $323.10 $2,154.00 – $6,218.61
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $4,270.00 $511.00 – $2,004.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $4,569.00 $484.00 – $3,988.00

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