Ventilator each subsequent day 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

$788.50

Cash price

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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.

$1,577.00

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.

$401.61 with sentara health vs $1,887.61 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
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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
sentara health exchange $401.61 ↓ -49%
sentara health hmo $528.39 ↓ -33%
sentara health ppo $528.39 ↓ -33%
carefirst hmo $537.60 ↓ -32%
carefirst ppo $565.73 ↓ -28%
aetna medicare advantage $661.10 ↓ -16%
anthem medicare advantage $661.10 ↓ -16%
united medicare advantage $661.10 ↓ -16%
sentara health medicare advantage $674.32 ↓ -14%
kaiser medicare advantage $687.54 ↓ -13%
cigna medicare advantage $687.54 ↓ -13%
cigna exchange $703.03 ↓ -11%
humana medicare advantage $727.21 ↓ -8%
united exchange $802.00 ↑ +2%
aetna ppo $895.58 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $895.58 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $939.89 ↑ +19%
innovation self insured $992.09 ↑ +26%
innovation fully insured $992.09 ↑ +26%
cigna ppo $1,018.43 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $1,018.43 ↑ +29%
united nonoptions $1,030.00 ↑ +31%
united options $1,030.00 ↑ +31%
kaiser hmo $1,230.06 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $1,230.06 ↑ +56%
anthem exchange hmo $1,533.73 ↑ +95%
anthem medicaid advantage $1,716.01 ↑ +118%
united medicaid advantage $1,750.33 ↑ +122%
sentara health medicaid advantage $1,767.49 ↑ +124%
anthem hmo $1,767.94 ↑ +124%
anthem ppo $1,767.94 ↑ +124%
humana medicaid advantage $1,784.65 ↑ +126%
aetna medicaid advantage $1,801.81 ↑ +129%
kaiser medicaid advantage $1,887.61 ↑ +139%

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Ventilator each subsequent day at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $788.50 $401.61 – $992.09
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $788.50 $401.61 – $992.09
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $788.50 $401.61 – $992.09
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $788.50 $401.61 – $992.09
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $405.60 $59.04 – $1,516.45
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $405.60 $59.04 – $1,516.47
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $900.00 not published
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $1,450.00 not published

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