Tgsap so/hl 51/< rna alys 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

$5,255.50

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.

$10,511.00

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.

$2,785.95 with anthem vs $11,860.88 with cigna — 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 $2,785.95 ↓ -47%
united medicaid advantage $2,841.67 ↓ -46%
sentara health medicaid advantage $2,869.53 ↓ -45%
humana medicaid advantage $2,897.39 ↓ -45%
united nonoptions $2,919.60 ↓ -44%
united exchange $2,919.60 ↓ -44%
aetna medicare advantage $2,919.60 ↓ -44%
anthem ppo $2,919.60 ↓ -44%
anthem hmo $2,919.60 ↓ -44%
united medicare advantage $2,919.60 ↓ -44%
united options $2,919.60 ↓ -44%
anthem medicare advantage $2,919.60 ↓ -44%
anthem exchange hmo $2,919.60 ↓ -44%
aetna medicaid advantage $2,925.25 ↓ -44%
sentara health medicare advantage $2,977.99 ↓ -43%
kaiser medicare advantage $3,036.38 ↓ -42%
cigna medicare advantage $3,036.38 ↓ -42%
kaiser medicaid advantage $3,064.55 ↓ -42%
humana medicare advantage $3,211.56 ↓ -39%
carefirst hmo $5,781.05 ↑ +10%
aetna hmo $5,969.20 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $5,969.20 ↑ +14%
carefirst ppo $6,096.38 ↑ +16%
aetna fannie-mae $6,264.56 ↑ +19%
innovation self insured $6,612.47 ↑ +26%
innovation fully insured $6,612.47 ↑ +26%
kaiser ppo $8,198.58 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $8,198.58 ↑ +56%
cigna exchange $11,860.88 ↑ +126%
cigna hmo $11,860.88 ↑ +126%
cigna ppo $11,860.88 ↑ +126%

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Tgsap so/hl 51/< rna alys at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $5,255.50 $2,785.95 – $6,612.47
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $5,255.50 $2,785.95 – $6,612.47
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $5,255.50 $2,785.95 – $6,612.47
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $5,255.50 $2,785.95 – $6,612.47
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $2,919.60 – $4,233.42
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $2,919.60 – $13,053.53
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $2,919.60 – $3,123.97
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $2,919.60 – $3,123.97

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