Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation 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

$376.01

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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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$376.01

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.

$33.84 with United vs $319.61 with Three Rivers Provider Network — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -91%
Lifeworks MCR $71.44 ↓ -81%
CareFirst HMO $84.69 ↓ -77%
CareFirst RPN $84.69 ↓ -77%
Bright Health COMM $94.53 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $117.32 ↓ -69%
Anthem HIX $164.63 ↓ -56%
Anthem HPN $166.32 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $169.20 ↓ -55%
Cigna PPO $175.74 ↓ -53%
Cigna HMO $175.74 ↓ -53%
Anthem PPO $178.37 ↓ -53%
Anthem HMO $178.37 ↓ -53%
Cigna IFP $184.45 ↓ -51%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $225.61 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $266.97 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network WC $266.97 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $266.97 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $270.73 ↓ -28%
Three Rivers Provider Network COMM $319.61 ↓ -15%
Three Rivers Provider Network WC $319.61 ↓ -15%
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital
Aetna Broad not published by hospital
Optima Health PPO.POS not published by hospital

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Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $68.00 $33.84 – $191.03
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $96.50 $34.57 – $121.42
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $96.50 $34.57 – $121.42
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $96.50 $34.57 – $121.42
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $96.50 $34.57 – $121.42
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $96.50 $34.57 – $121.42
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $576.00 $33.84 – $198.22
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $460.00 $33.84 – $143.96

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