Vaccine varicella live subcutaneous 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

$242.15

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$484.30

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.

$176.95 with anthem vs $382.65 with sentara health — 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 $176.95 ↓ -27%
united medicaid advantage $180.49 ↓ -25%
sentara health medicaid advantage $182.26 ↓ -25%
humana medicaid advantage $184.03 ↓ -24%
aetna medicaid advantage $185.80 ↓ -23%
kaiser medicaid advantage $194.65 ↓ -20%
cigna hmo $195.83 ↓ -19%
cigna ppo $195.83 ↓ -19%
cigna exchange $195.83 ↓ -19%
carefirst hmo $266.37 ↑ +10%
aetna ppo $275.03 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $275.03 ↑ +14%
carefirst ppo $280.89 ↑ +16%
aetna fannie-mae $288.64 ↑ +19%
sentara health exchange $290.84 ↑ +20%
innovation fully insured $304.67 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $304.67 ↑ +26%
united exchange $362.09 ↑ +50%
united nonoptions $362.09 ↑ +50%
united options $362.09 ↑ +50%
kaiser ppo $377.75 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $377.75 ↑ +56%
sentara health ppo $382.65 ↑ +58%
sentara health hmo $382.65 ↑ +58%

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Vaccine varicella live subcutaneous at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $242.15 $176.95 – $304.67
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $242.15 $176.95 – $304.67
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $242.15 $176.95 – $304.67
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $242.15 $176.95 – $304.67
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $564.00 $145.48 – $610.53
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $1,862.00 $164.88 – $610.53
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA $998.38 $186.51 – $610.53
HENRICO DOCTORS HOSPITAL RICHMOND $1,862.00 $164.88 – $610.53

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