Bone marrow;aspiration only 38220 at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital

500 Martha Jefferson Drive, Charlottesville, VA · Sentara · · NPI 1346248663

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$1,166.00

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.

$2,332.00

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.

$1,010.00 with Cigna vs $5,891.72 with Bcbs — 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
Cigna Ppo/Pos $1,010.00 ↓ -13%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,547.00 ↑ +33%
Sentara Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,643.67 ↑ +41%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,659.78 ↑ +42%
Bcbs Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,687.98 ↑ +45%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,692.01 ↑ +45%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,004.00 ↑ +72%
Bcbs Anthem Exchange $5,095.61 ↑ +337%
Bcbs Anthem Hmo $5,479.18 ↑ +370%
Bcbs Anthem Ppo $5,891.72 ↑ +405%

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Bone marrow;aspiration only 38220 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $2,503.00 $1,285.16 – $3,529.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $2,503.00 $1,285.16 – $3,529.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $2,503.00 $1,285.16 – $3,529.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $2,503.00 $1,285.16 – $3,529.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $2,503.00 $1,285.16 – $3,529.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $414.60 $1,338.86 – $3,512.94
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $414.60 $1,611.44 – $3,512.94
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $1,115.00 $1,377.00 – $2,603.00

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