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Total Knee Replacement 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

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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.

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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.

$11,913.00 with carefirst vs $34,409.06 with anthem — 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
carefirst hmo $11,913.00
carefirst ppo $12,029.00
aetna medicare advantage $12,866.82
anthem medicare advantage $12,866.82
united medicare advantage $12,866.82
sentara health medicare advantage $13,124.16
cigna medicare advantage $13,381.49
kaiser medicare advantage $13,381.49
anthem medicaid advantage $13,575.50
united medicaid advantage $13,847.01
sentara health medicaid advantage $13,982.77
humana medicaid advantage $14,118.52
humana medicare advantage $14,153.50
aetna medicaid advantage $14,254.28
kaiser medicaid advantage $14,933.05
sentara health exchange $18,474.20
aetna fannie-mae $22,302.60
sentara health hmo $24,305.81
sentara health ppo $24,305.81
united exchange $24,622.00
aetna hmo $26,085.00
aetna ppo $26,085.00
united nonoptions $27,718.33
united options $27,718.33
innovation self insured $28,340.00
anthem exchange hmo $29,850.72
innovation fully insured $30,363.00
anthem hmo $34,409.06
anthem ppo $34,409.06

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Total Knee Replacement at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria not published $11,913.00 – $28,340.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church not published $11,913.00 – $28,340.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 not published $11,913.00 – $28,340.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg not published $11,913.00 – $28,340.00

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