Culture aerobic additional method definitive id each 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

$130.58

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.

$130.58

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.

$6.20 with Humana Military vs $110.99 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 $6.20 ↓ -95%
Humana MCR $8.08 ↓ -94%
United VACCN $8.08 ↓ -94%
Johns Hopkins UniformedServicesFamilyHealthPlan $8.08 ↓ -94%
Sentara Health MCR $8.08 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.08 ↓ -94%
Devoted MCR $8.08 ↓ -94%
United MGMCR $8.12 ↓ -94%
Aetna MGMCR $8.17 ↓ -94%
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $8.24 ↓ -94%
Anthem MGMCR $8.32 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $8.40 ↓ -94%
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $8.48 ↓ -94%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $8.65 ↓ -93%
Bright Health COMM $17.29 ↓ -87%
Lifeworks MCR $24.81 ↓ -81%
Cigna PPO $30.76 ↓ -76%
Cigna HMO $30.76 ↓ -76%
Cigna IFP $32.28 ↓ -75%
Anthem HIX $39.31 ↓ -70%
Anthem HPN $39.71 ↓ -70%
United OptionsPPO $40.74 ↓ -69%
Anthem PPO $42.59 ↓ -67%
Anthem HMO $42.59 ↓ -67%
CareFirst HMO $45.84 ↓ -65%
CareFirst RPN $45.84 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $58.76 ↓ -55%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $78.35 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network WC $92.71 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $92.71 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $92.71 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $94.02 ↓ -28%
Three Rivers Provider Network WC $110.99 ↓ -15%
Three Rivers Provider Network COMM $110.99 ↓ -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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Culture aerobic additional method definitive id each at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $76.00 $8.08 – $95.62
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $76.00 $8.08 – $95.62
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $76.00 $8.08 – $95.62
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $76.00 $8.08 – $95.62
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $76.00 $8.08 – $95.62
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $7.03 – $11.72
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $7.03 – $36.13
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $7.03 – $8.65

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