Lactic acid 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

$545.49

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.

$545.49

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.

$8.89 with Humana Military vs $463.67 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
Humana Military TRCR $8.89 ↓ -98%
Humana MCR $11.57 ↓ -98%
Devoted MCR $11.57 ↓ -98%
Johns Hopkins UniformedServicesFamilyHealthPlan $11.57 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.57 ↓ -98%
Sentara Health MCR $11.57 ↓ -98%
United VACCN $11.57 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $11.63 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCR $11.70 ↓ -98%
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $11.80 ↓ -98%
Anthem MGMCR $11.92 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $12.03 ↓ -98%
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $12.15 ↓ -98%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $12.38 ↓ -98%
Bright Health COMM $24.76 ↓ -95%
Cigna HMO $44.04 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $44.04 ↓ -92%
Cigna IFP $46.23 ↓ -92%
Anthem HIX $56.29 ↓ -90%
Anthem HPN $56.87 ↓ -90%
CareFirst HMO $60.58 ↓ -89%
CareFirst RPN $60.58 ↓ -89%
Anthem HMO $60.99 ↓ -89%
Anthem PPO $60.99 ↓ -89%
Lifeworks MCR $103.64 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $170.19 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $245.47 ↓ -55%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $327.29 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network WC $387.30 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $387.30 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $387.30 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $392.75 ↓ -28%
Three Rivers Provider Network WC $463.67 ↓ -15%
Three Rivers Provider Network COMM $463.67 ↓ -15%
Optima Health PPO.POS not published by hospital
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital
Aetna Broad not published by hospital

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LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $317.00 $10.07 – $16.78
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $107.00 $11.57 – $134.63
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $107.00 $11.57 – $134.63
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Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $107.00 $11.57 – $134.63
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