Polysom any age 1-3> param 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

$2,598.00

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.

$5,196.00

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.

$1,017.39 with anthem vs $4,052.88 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 medicare advantage $1,017.39 ↓ -61%
united medicare advantage $1,017.39 ↓ -61%
aetna medicare advantage $1,017.39 ↓ -61%
sentara health medicare advantage $1,037.74 ↓ -60%
kaiser medicare advantage $1,058.09 ↓ -59%
cigna medicare advantage $1,058.09 ↓ -59%
anthem medicaid advantage $1,104.15 ↓ -58%
humana medicare advantage $1,119.13 ↓ -57%
united medicaid advantage $1,126.23 ↓ -57%
sentara health medicaid advantage $1,137.27 ↓ -56%
humana medicaid advantage $1,148.32 ↓ -56%
aetna medicaid advantage $1,159.36 ↓ -55%
kaiser medicaid advantage $1,214.57 ↓ -53%
cigna exchange $2,316.38 ↓ -11%
anthem exchange hmo $2,360.32 ↓ -9%
carefirst hmo $2,506.01 ↓ -4%
carefirst ppo $2,637.13 ↑ +2%
anthem hmo $2,720.76 ↑ +5%
anthem ppo $2,720.76 ↑ +5%
sentara health exchange $2,931.01 ↑ +13%
aetna ppo $2,950.81 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $2,950.81 ↑ +14%
united exchange $3,088.00 ↑ +19%
aetna fannie-mae $3,096.82 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $3,268.80 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $3,268.80 ↑ +26%
cigna hmo $3,355.58 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $3,355.58 ↑ +29%
sentara health ppo $3,856.21 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $3,856.21 ↑ +48%
united nonoptions $3,968.00 ↑ +53%
united options $3,968.00 ↑ +53%
kaiser hmo $4,052.88 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $4,052.88 ↑ +56%

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Polysom any age 1-3> param at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $2,598.00 $1,017.39 – $3,268.80
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $2,598.00 $1,017.39 – $3,268.80
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $2,598.00 $1,017.39 – $3,268.80
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $2,598.00 $1,017.39 – $3,268.80
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA not published $2,586.14 – $2,586.14
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles not published $2,586.14 – $2,586.14

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