Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging 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

$1,158.00

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.

$2,316.00

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.

$538.27 with anthem vs $1,806.48 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 $538.27 ↓ -54%
united medicare advantage $538.27 ↓ -54%
aetna medicare advantage $538.27 ↓ -54%
sentara health medicare advantage $549.04 ↓ -53%
kaiser medicare advantage $559.80 ↓ -52%
cigna medicare advantage $559.80 ↓ -52%
humana medicare advantage $592.10 ↓ -49%
cigna exchange $1,032.47 ↓ -11%
united exchange $1,124.51 ↓ -3%
united options $1,124.51 ↓ -3%
united nonoptions $1,124.51 ↓ -3%
anthem exchange hmo $1,248.77 ↑ +8%
carefirst hmo $1,248.85 ↑ +8%
sentara health exchange $1,306.43 ↑ +13%
anthem medicaid advantage $1,309.62 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $1,315.26 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $1,315.26 ↑ +14%
united medicaid advantage $1,335.81 ↑ +15%
sentara health medicaid advantage $1,348.91 ↑ +16%
carefirst ppo $1,354.96 ↑ +17%
humana medicaid advantage $1,362.00 ↑ +18%
aetna medicaid advantage $1,375.10 ↑ +19%
aetna fannie-mae $1,380.34 ↑ +19%
anthem ppo $1,439.46 ↑ +24%
anthem hmo $1,439.46 ↑ +24%
kaiser medicaid advantage $1,440.58 ↑ +24%
cigna ppo $1,495.67 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $1,495.67 ↑ +29%
innovation self insured $1,526.24 ↑ +32%
innovation fully insured $1,526.24 ↑ +32%
sentara health ppo $1,718.82 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $1,718.82 ↑ +48%
kaiser hmo $1,806.48 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $1,806.48 ↑ +56%

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Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,158.00 $538.27 – $1,526.24
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $13,284.00 $194.73 – $1,101.15
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,158.00 $538.27 – $1,526.24
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,158.00 $538.27 – $1,526.24
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,158.00 $538.27 – $1,526.24
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $115.98 – $1,537.84
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $159.34 – $1,101.15
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $131.66 – $1,101.15

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