Ultrasound encephalogram at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital
2501 Parkers Lane, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1922139120
$276.00
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.
$552.00
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.
$106.34 with anthem vs $430.56 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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| anthem | medicare advantage | $106.34 | ↓ -61% |
| united | medicare advantage | $106.34 | ↓ -61% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $106.34 | ↓ -61% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $108.47 | ↓ -61% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $110.59 | ↓ -60% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $110.59 | ↓ -60% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $116.97 | ↓ -58% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $156.92 | ↓ -43% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $160.06 | ↓ -42% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $161.63 | ↓ -41% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $163.20 | ↓ -41% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $164.77 | ↓ -40% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $172.61 | ↓ -37% |
| cigna | exchange | $246.08 | ↓ -11% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $246.71 | ↓ -11% |
| united | nonoptions | $250.18 | ↓ -9% |
| united | options | $250.18 | ↓ -9% |
| united | exchange | $250.18 | ↓ -9% |
| anthem | hmo | $284.39 | ↑ +3% |
| anthem | ppo | $284.39 | ↑ +3% |
| sentara health | exchange | $311.38 | ↑ +13% |
| aetna | hmo | $313.48 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | ppo | $313.48 | ↑ +14% |
| carefirst | hmo | $323.14 | ↑ +17% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $328.99 | ↑ +19% |
| carefirst | ppo | $350.59 | ↑ +27% |
| cigna | ppo | $356.48 | ↑ +29% |
| cigna | hmo | $356.48 | ↑ +29% |
| innovation | self insured | $363.77 | ↑ +32% |
| innovation | fully insured | $363.77 | ↑ +32% |
| sentara health | ppo | $409.67 | ↑ +48% |
| sentara health | hmo | $409.67 | ↑ +48% |
| kaiser | hmo | $430.56 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | ppo | $430.56 | ↑ +56% |
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Ultrasound encephalogram at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $276.00 | $106.34 – $363.77 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $276.00 | $106.34 – $363.77 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $276.00 | $106.34 – $363.77 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $276.00 | $106.34 – $363.77 |
| LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER | ROANOKE | $2,771.00 | $134.07 – $245.18 |
| SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | Fredericksburg | $2,262.00 | $75.53 – $502.71 |
| STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER | Dulles | $2,392.47 | $112.94 – $473.35 |
| HENRICO DOCTORS HOSPITAL | RICHMOND | $1,189.00 | $93.64 – $533.87 |