Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital
2501 Parkers Lane, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1922139120
$115.00
Cash price 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.
$230.00
Gross charge 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.
$25.23 with united vs $179.40 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| united | nonoptions | $25.23 | ↓ -78% |
| united | options | $25.23 | ↓ -78% |
| united | exchange | $25.23 | ↓ -78% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $39.25 | ↓ -66% |
| united | medicare advantage | $39.25 | ↓ -66% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $39.25 | ↓ -66% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $40.04 | ↓ -65% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $40.82 | ↓ -65% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $40.82 | ↓ -65% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $43.18 | ↓ -62% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $46.88 | ↓ -59% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $47.82 | ↓ -58% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $48.29 | ↓ -58% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $48.76 | ↓ -58% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $49.22 | ↓ -57% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $51.57 | ↓ -55% |
| sentara health | exchange | $55.16 | ↓ -52% |
| sentara health | ppo | $72.57 | ↓ -37% |
| sentara health | hmo | $72.57 | ↓ -37% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $91.06 | ↓ -21% |
| carefirst | hmo | $95.13 | ↓ -17% |
| anthem | ppo | $104.97 | ↓ -9% |
| anthem | hmo | $104.97 | ↓ -9% |
| carefirst | ppo | $105.84 | ↓ -8% |
| cigna | hmo | $107.38 | ↓ -7% |
| cigna | exchange | $107.38 | ↓ -7% |
| cigna | ppo | $107.38 | ↓ -7% |
| aetna | ppo | $130.62 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | hmo | $130.62 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $137.08 | ↑ +19% |
| innovation | fully insured | $144.69 | ↑ +26% |
| innovation | self insured | $144.69 | ↑ +26% |
| kaiser | ppo | $179.40 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | hmo | $179.40 | ↑ +56% |
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Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $115.00 | $25.23 – $144.69 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | $103.00 | $24.67 – $139.26 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $115.00 | $25.23 – $144.69 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $115.00 | $25.23 – $144.69 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $115.00 | $25.23 – $144.69 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | $423.00 | $24.67 – $112.49 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | $424.00 | $24.67 – $104.95 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI | PULASKI | $1,129.00 | $24.67 – $105.83 |