Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction each additional hour 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

$155.00

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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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$310.00

Gross charge

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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.

$83.53 with anthem vs $1,030.00 with united — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $83.53 ↓ -46%
united medicaid advantage $85.20 ↓ -45%
sentara health medicaid advantage $86.04 ↓ -44%
humana medicaid advantage $86.87 ↓ -44%
aetna medicaid advantage $87.71 ↓ -43%
kaiser medicaid advantage $91.88 ↓ -41%
cigna exchange $138.20 ↓ -11%
aetna hmo $176.05 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $176.05 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $184.76 ↑ +19%
carefirst hmo $184.87 ↑ +19%
carefirst ppo $194.54 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $195.02 ↑ +26%
innovation fully insured $195.02 ↑ +26%
cigna hmo $200.20 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $200.20 ↑ +29%
kaiser ppo $241.80 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $241.80 ↑ +56%
sentara health exchange $401.61 ↑ +159%
sentara health ppo $528.39 ↑ +241%
sentara health hmo $528.39 ↑ +241%
united exchange $802.00 ↑ +417%
united options $1,030.00 ↑ +565%
united nonoptions $1,030.00 ↑ +565%

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Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction each additional hour at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $155.00 $83.53 – $195.02
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $155.00 $83.53 – $195.02
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $155.00 $83.53 – $195.02
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $155.00 $83.53 – $195.02
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $39.60 $11.82 – $77.51
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $39.60 $11.82 – $77.51
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $67.50 not published
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $89.00 not published

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