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Tubal Ligation (Laparoscopic) 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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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.

$3,508.00 with innovation vs $15,602.53 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

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
innovation fully insured $3,508.00
innovation self insured $4,227.00
cigna exchange $4,391.00
aetna fannie-mae $5,091.48
carefirst hmo $5,515.00
carefirst ppo $5,568.00
cigna hmo $5,689.00
cigna ppo $5,689.00
aetna medicare advantage $5,834.36
anthem medicare advantage $5,834.36
united medicare advantage $5,834.36
sentara health medicare advantage $5,951.05
aetna hmo $5,955.00
aetna ppo $5,955.00
cigna medicare advantage $6,067.73
kaiser medicare advantage $6,067.73
anthem medicaid advantage $6,286.37
united medicaid advantage $6,412.10
humana medicare advantage $6,417.80
sentara health medicaid advantage $6,474.96
humana medicaid advantage $6,537.82
aetna medicaid advantage $6,600.69
kaiser medicaid advantage $6,915.01
sentara health exchange $8,674.84
sentara health hmo $11,413.16
sentara health ppo $11,413.16
united exchange $11,502.40
united nonoptions $12,949.16
united options $12,949.16
anthem exchange hmo $13,535.59
anthem hmo $15,602.53
anthem ppo $15,602.53

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Tubal Ligation (Laparoscopic) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria not published $3,508.00 – $6,417.80
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church not published $3,508.00 – $6,417.80
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 not published $3,508.00 – $6,417.80
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg not published $3,508.00 – $6,417.80

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