Brain MRI (with contrast) at STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER
24440 Stone Springs Boulevard, Dulles, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1972904738
$7,306.38
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.
$7,306.38
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.
$314.91 with Anthem vs $6,210.42 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.
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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| Anthem | HIX | $314.91 | ↓ -96% |
| Anthem | HPN | $317.99 | ↓ -96% |
| Anthem | PPO | $341.12 | ↓ -95% |
| Anthem | HMO | $341.12 | ↓ -95% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | ↓ -89% |
| Lifeworks | MCR | $1,388.21 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Broad | $1,915.00 | ↓ -74% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,279.59 | ↓ -69% |
| CareFirst | HMO | $2,843.25 | ↓ -61% |
| CareFirst | RPN | $2,843.25 | ↓ -61% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $3,287.87 | ↓ -55% |
| Greenvbrier Sporting Club | COMM | $4,383.83 | ↓ -40% |
| Virginia Health Network | COMM | $5,187.53 | ↓ -29% |
| Virginia Health Network | WC | $5,187.53 | ↓ -29% |
| Virginia Health Network | ULTRA | $5,187.53 | ↓ -29% |
| CorVel | WorkersComp | $5,260.59 | ↓ -28% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | COMM | $6,210.42 | ↓ -15% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | WC | $6,210.42 | ↓ -15% |
| Optima Health | PPO.POS | not published by hospital | — |
| Optima Health | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Brain MRI (with contrast) at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | $13,740.00 | $422.57 – $828.27 |
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $886.00 | $357.13 – $2,265.72 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $886.00 | $357.13 – $2,265.72 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $886.00 | $357.13 – $2,265.72 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $886.00 | $357.13 – $2,265.72 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $886.00 | $357.13 – $2,265.72 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | $7,811.00 | $251.68 – $828.27 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | $7,214.00 | $345.78 – $828.27 |