Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) 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

$7,143.14

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.

$7,143.14

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.

$1,119.85 with CareFirst vs $6,071.67 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
CareFirst HMO $1,119.85 ↓ -84%
CareFirst RPN $1,119.85 ↓ -84%
Lifeworks MCR $1,357.20 ↓ -81%
Cigna IFP $1,414.34 ↓ -80%
Bright Health COMM $1,795.79 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $2,228.66 ↓ -69%
Aetna Broad $2,357.24 ↓ -67%
Cigna PPO $2,407.24 ↓ -66%
Cigna HMO $2,407.24 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3,214.41 ↓ -55%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $4,285.88 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $5,071.63 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network WC $5,071.63 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $5,071.63 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $5,143.06 ↓ -28%
Three Rivers Provider Network COMM $6,071.67 ↓ -15%
Three Rivers Provider Network WC $6,071.67 ↓ -15%
Optima Health PPO.POS not published by hospital
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital

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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $2,229.50 $548.30 – $2,805.16
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $2,229.50 $548.30 – $2,805.16
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $2,229.50 $548.30 – $2,805.16
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $2,229.50 $548.30 – $2,805.16
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $2,229.50 $548.30 – $2,805.16
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA $7,143.14 $1,119.85 – $1,119.85

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