Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER
24440 Stone Springs Boulevard, Dulles, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1972904738
$2,151.84
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.
$2,151.84
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.
$408.85 with Lifeworks vs $1,829.06 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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| Lifeworks | MCR | $408.85 | ↓ -81% |
| Bright Health | COMM | $540.97 | ↓ -75% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $671.37 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Broad | $710.11 | ↓ -67% |
| Cigna | PPO | $877.23 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna | HMO | $877.23 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna | IFP | $920.72 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $968.33 | ↓ -55% |
| CareFirst | HMO | $1,035.25 | ↓ -52% |
| CareFirst | RPN | $1,035.25 | ↓ -52% |
| Greenvbrier Sporting Club | COMM | $1,291.10 | ↓ -40% |
| Virginia Health Network | COMM | $1,527.81 | ↓ -29% |
| Virginia Health Network | WC | $1,527.81 | ↓ -29% |
| Virginia Health Network | ULTRA | $1,527.81 | ↓ -29% |
| CorVel | WorkersComp | $1,549.32 | ↓ -28% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | COMM | $1,829.06 | ↓ -15% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | WC | $1,829.06 | ↓ -15% |
| Optima Health | PPO.POS | not published by hospital | — |
| Optima Health | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $941.50 | $237.75 – $1,184.60 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $941.50 | $237.75 – $1,184.60 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $941.50 | $237.75 – $1,184.60 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $941.50 | $237.75 – $1,184.60 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $941.50 | $237.75 – $1,184.60 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | $3,103.00 | $989.35 – $989.35 |
| TRICITIES HOSPITAL | HOPEWELL | $3,103.00 | $989.35 – $989.35 |
| SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | Fredericksburg | $3,624.48 | $931.60 – $931.60 |