Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) 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

$685.03

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.

$685.03

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.

$14.56 with Humana Military vs $582.28 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
Humana Military TRCR $14.56 ↓ -98%
Humana MCR $18.96 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.96 ↓ -97%
Sentara Health MCR $18.96 ↓ -97%
Johns Hopkins UniformedServicesFamilyHealthPlan $18.96 ↓ -97%
Devoted MCR $18.96 ↓ -97%
United VACCN $18.96 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $19.05 ↓ -97%
Aetna MGMCR $19.18 ↓ -97%
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $19.34 ↓ -97%
Anthem MGMCR $19.53 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $19.72 ↓ -97%
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $19.91 ↓ -97%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $20.29 ↓ -97%
Bright Health COMM $40.57 ↓ -94%
Cigna HMO $72.14 ↓ -89%
Cigna PPO $72.14 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $75.72 ↓ -89%
Anthem HIX $92.24 ↓ -87%
Anthem HPN $93.19 ↓ -86%
Anthem HMO $99.94 ↓ -85%
Anthem PPO $99.94 ↓ -85%
CareFirst HMO $107.63 ↓ -84%
CareFirst RPN $107.63 ↓ -84%
Lifeworks MCR $130.16 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $213.73 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $308.26 ↓ -55%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $411.02 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network WC $486.37 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $486.37 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $486.37 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $493.22 ↓ -28%
Three Rivers Provider Network WC $582.28 ↓ -15%
Three Rivers Provider Network COMM $582.28 ↓ -15%
Aetna Broad not published by hospital
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital
Optima Health PPO.POS not published by hospital

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Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) at other Virginia hospitals

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LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $356.00 $16.50 – $27.49
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $189.50 $14.35 – $238.43
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $189.50 $14.35 – $238.43
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Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $189.50 $14.35 – $238.43
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $189.50 $14.35 – $238.43
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $781.00 $16.50 – $84.77
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $429.00 $16.50 – $20.29

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