Protein c activity 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

$161.00

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.

$322.00

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.

$5.25 with anthem vs $251.16 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 medicaid advantage $5.25 ↓ -97%
united medicaid advantage $5.36 ↓ -97%
sentara health medicaid advantage $5.41 ↓ -97%
humana medicaid advantage $5.46 ↓ -97%
aetna medicaid advantage $5.51 ↓ -97%
kaiser medicaid advantage $5.78 ↓ -96%
anthem hmo $13.84 ↓ -91%
united medicare advantage $13.84 ↓ -91%
united options $13.84 ↓ -91%
united nonoptions $13.84 ↓ -91%
united exchange $13.84 ↓ -91%
aetna medicare advantage $13.84 ↓ -91%
anthem ppo $13.84 ↓ -91%
anthem exchange hmo $13.84 ↓ -91%
anthem medicare advantage $13.84 ↓ -91%
sentara health medicare advantage $14.12 ↓ -91%
cigna medicare advantage $14.39 ↓ -91%
kaiser medicare advantage $14.39 ↓ -91%
humana medicare advantage $15.22 ↓ -91%
sentara health exchange $30.57 ↓ -81%
sentara health hmo $40.22 ↓ -75%
sentara health ppo $40.22 ↓ -75%
cigna hmo $56.25 ↓ -65%
cigna exchange $56.25 ↓ -65%
cigna ppo $56.25 ↓ -65%
carefirst hmo $87.52 ↓ -46%
carefirst ppo $97.37 ↓ -40%
aetna ppo $182.86 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $182.86 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $191.91 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $202.57 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $202.57 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $251.16 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $251.16 ↑ +56%

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Protein c activity at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $161.00 $5.25 – $202.57
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $161.00 $5.25 – $202.57
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $161.00 $5.25 – $202.57
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $161.00 $5.25 – $202.57
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $713.00 $12.04 – $61.88
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $330.00 $12.04 – $14.81
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $839.00 $10.63 – $14.81
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $683.00 $12.04 – $20.07

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