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Vanomycin dna amp probe 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

$233.00

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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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$466.00

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.

$35.09 with anthem vs $363.48 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.

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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

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 ppo $35.09 ↓ -85%
united options $35.09 ↓ -85%
united nonoptions $35.09 ↓ -85%
aetna medicare advantage $35.09 ↓ -85%
united medicare advantage $35.09 ↓ -85%
anthem exchange hmo $35.09 ↓ -85%
anthem hmo $35.09 ↓ -85%
united exchange $35.09 ↓ -85%
anthem medicare advantage $35.09 ↓ -85%
sentara health medicare advantage $35.79 ↓ -85%
kaiser medicare advantage $36.49 ↓ -84%
cigna medicare advantage $36.49 ↓ -84%
humana medicare advantage $38.60 ↓ -83%
anthem medicaid advantage $69.10 ↓ -70%
united medicaid advantage $70.48 ↓ -70%
sentara health medicaid advantage $71.17 ↓ -69%
humana medicaid advantage $71.86 ↓ -69%
aetna medicaid advantage $72.56 ↓ -69%
kaiser medicaid advantage $76.01 ↓ -67%
sentara health exchange $77.51 ↓ -67%
sentara health hmo $101.98 ↓ -56%
sentara health ppo $101.98 ↓ -56%
cigna ppo $142.58 ↓ -39%
cigna exchange $142.58 ↓ -39%
cigna hmo $142.58 ↓ -39%
carefirst hmo $225.19 ↓ -3%
carefirst ppo $250.54 ↑ +8%
aetna hmo $264.64 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $264.64 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $277.74 ↑ +19%
innovation self insured $293.16 ↑ +26%
innovation fully insured $293.16 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $363.48 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $363.48 ↑ +56%

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Vanomycin dna amp probe at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $233.00 $35.09 – $293.16
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $233.00 $35.09 – $293.16
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $233.00 $35.09 – $293.16
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $233.00 $35.09 – $293.16

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