Speech audiometry complete 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

$133.00

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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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$266.00

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.

$47.15 with anthem vs $943.00 with united — 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

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 $47.15 ↓ -65%
united medicaid advantage $48.09 ↓ -64%
sentara health medicaid advantage $48.56 ↓ -63%
humana medicaid advantage $49.04 ↓ -63%
aetna medicaid advantage $49.51 ↓ -63%
kaiser medicaid advantage $51.87 ↓ -61%
aetna medicare advantage $59.40 ↓ -55%
united medicare advantage $59.40 ↓ -55%
anthem medicare advantage $59.40 ↓ -55%
sentara health medicare advantage $60.59 ↓ -54%
cigna medicare advantage $61.78 ↓ -54%
kaiser medicare advantage $61.78 ↓ -54%
humana medicare advantage $65.34 ↓ -51%
carefirst hmo $97.01 ↓ -27%
carefirst ppo $102.08 ↓ -23%
cigna exchange $118.58 ↓ -11%
anthem exchange hmo $137.80 ↑ +4%
sentara health exchange $150.05 ↑ +13%
aetna ppo $151.06 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $151.06 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $158.54 ↑ +19%
anthem ppo $158.84 ↑ +19%
anthem hmo $158.84 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $167.34 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $167.34 ↑ +26%
cigna ppo $171.78 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $171.78 ↑ +29%
sentara health ppo $197.41 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $197.41 ↑ +48%
kaiser hmo $207.48 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $207.48 ↑ +56%
united exchange $735.00 ↑ +453%
united nonoptions $943.00 ↑ +609%
united options $943.00 ↑ +609%

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Speech audiometry complete at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $133.00 $47.15 – $167.34
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $133.00 $47.15 – $167.34
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $133.00 $47.15 – $167.34
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $133.00 $47.15 – $167.34
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA not published $100.11 – $100.11
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles not published $100.11 – $100.11

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