Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex 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

$186.50

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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.

$373.00

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.

$11.72 with anthem vs $290.94 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
anthem medicaid advantage $11.72 ↓ -94%
united medicaid advantage $11.95 ↓ -94%
sentara health medicaid advantage $12.07 ↓ -94%
humana medicaid advantage $12.19 ↓ -93%
aetna medicaid advantage $12.31 ↓ -93%
kaiser medicaid advantage $12.89 ↓ -93%
anthem hmo $26.07 ↓ -86%
united medicare advantage $26.07 ↓ -86%
united options $26.07 ↓ -86%
united nonoptions $26.07 ↓ -86%
united exchange $26.07 ↓ -86%
aetna medicare advantage $26.07 ↓ -86%
anthem ppo $26.07 ↓ -86%
anthem exchange hmo $26.07 ↓ -86%
anthem medicare advantage $26.07 ↓ -86%
sentara health medicare advantage $26.59 ↓ -86%
cigna medicare advantage $27.11 ↓ -85%
kaiser medicare advantage $27.11 ↓ -85%
humana medicare advantage $28.68 ↓ -85%
sentara health exchange $57.59 ↓ -69%
sentara health hmo $75.76 ↓ -59%
sentara health ppo $75.76 ↓ -59%
cigna hmo $105.95 ↓ -43%
cigna exchange $105.95 ↓ -43%
cigna ppo $105.95 ↓ -43%
carefirst hmo $164.98 ↓ -12%
carefirst ppo $183.56 ↓ -2%
aetna ppo $211.83 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $211.83 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $222.31 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $234.65 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $234.65 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $290.94 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $290.94 ↑ +56%

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Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $186.50 $11.72 – $234.65
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $186.50 $11.72 – $234.65
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $186.50 $11.72 – $234.65
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $186.50 $11.72 – $234.65
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $597.00 $22.69 – $111.95
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg $600.48 $25.89 – $105.42
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $22.69 – $37.80
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $22.69 – $116.56

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