Abdominal CT scan (without contrast) at STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER

24440 Stone Springs Boulevard, Dulles, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1972904738

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$3,995.02

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.

$3,995.02

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.

$210.48 with Anthem vs $3,395.77 with Three Rivers Provider Network — 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 HIX $210.48 ↓ -95%
Anthem HPN $212.54 ↓ -95%
Anthem PPO $228.00 ↓ -94%
Anthem HMO $228.00 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -94%
Lifeworks MCR $759.05 ↓ -81%
Cigna IFP $791.01 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $1,246.45 ↓ -69%
CareFirst HMO $1,292.39 ↓ -68%
CareFirst RPN $1,292.39 ↓ -68%
Cigna HMO $1,346.32 ↓ -66%
Cigna PPO $1,346.32 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,797.76 ↓ -55%
Aetna Broad $1,819.00 ↓ -54%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $2,397.01 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network COMM $2,836.46 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network WC $2,836.46 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $2,836.46 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $2,876.41 ↓ -28%
Three Rivers Provider Network COMM $3,395.77 ↓ -15%
Three Rivers Provider Network WC $3,395.77 ↓ -15%
Optima Health PPO.POS not published by hospital
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital

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Abdominal CT scan (without contrast) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $5,311.00 $245.18 – $282.44
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $651.50 $106.34 – $1,432.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $651.50 $106.34 – $1,432.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $651.50 $106.34 – $1,432.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $651.50 $106.34 – $1,432.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $651.50 $106.34 – $1,432.00
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $3,675.00 $231.12 – $245.18
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $10,047.00 $190.96 – $245.18

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