Vein x-ray skull epidural at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital
2501 Parkers Lane, Alexandria, VA · Inova · · NPI 1922139120
$2,858.00
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.
$5,716.00
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.
$618.26 with united vs $4,458.48 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.
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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| united | medicare advantage | $618.26 | ↓ -78% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $618.26 | ↓ -78% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $618.26 | ↓ -78% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $630.63 | ↓ -78% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $642.99 | ↓ -78% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $642.99 | ↓ -78% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $680.09 | ↓ -76% |
| united | exchange | $1,242.09 | ↓ -57% |
| united | options | $1,242.09 | ↓ -57% |
| united | nonoptions | $1,242.09 | ↓ -57% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $1,434.35 | ↓ -50% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $1,624.77 | ↓ -43% |
| anthem | ppo | $1,653.39 | ↓ -42% |
| anthem | hmo | $1,653.39 | ↓ -42% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $1,657.27 | ↓ -42% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $1,673.51 | ↓ -41% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $1,689.76 | ↓ -41% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $1,706.01 | ↓ -40% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $1,787.25 | ↓ -37% |
| carefirst | hmo | $2,039.37 | ↓ -29% |
| carefirst | ppo | $2,212.65 | ↓ -23% |
| cigna | exchange | $2,548.19 | ↓ -11% |
| sentara health | exchange | $3,224.33 | ↑ +13% |
| aetna | hmo | $3,246.12 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | ppo | $3,246.12 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $3,406.74 | ↑ +19% |
| cigna | ppo | $3,691.39 | ↑ +29% |
| cigna | hmo | $3,691.39 | ↑ +29% |
| innovation | fully insured | $3,766.84 | ↑ +32% |
| innovation | self insured | $3,766.84 | ↑ +32% |
| sentara health | ppo | $4,242.13 | ↑ +48% |
| sentara health | hmo | $4,242.13 | ↑ +48% |
| kaiser | hmo | $4,458.48 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | ppo | $4,458.48 | ↑ +56% |
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Vein x-ray skull epidural at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $2,858.00 | $618.26 – $3,766.84 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $2,858.00 | $618.26 – $3,766.84 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $2,858.00 | $618.26 – $3,766.84 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $2,858.00 | $618.26 – $3,766.84 |
| RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER | VIENNA | $1,360.17 | $199.43 – $2,559.21 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | not published | $270.25 – $1,218.65 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | not published | $160.96 – $1,218.65 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | not published | $221.14 – $1,218.65 |