Protein western blot tissue 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

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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.

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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.

$22.23 with United vs $126.06 with CareFirst — 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
United VACCN $22.23
Sentara Health MCR $22.23
Humana MCR $22.23
Johns Hopkins UniformedServicesFamilyHealthPlan $22.23
Devoted MCR $22.23
United AllPayerAppendix $22.23
United MGMCR $22.34
Aetna MGMCR $22.48
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $22.67
Anthem MGMCR $22.90
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $23.12
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $23.34
Align Senior Care MGMCR $23.79
Bright Health COMM $47.57
Cigna PPO $84.63
Cigna HMO $84.63
Cigna IFP $88.82
Anthem HIX $108.15
Anthem HPN $109.26
Anthem PPO $117.17
Anthem HMO $117.17
CareFirst HMO $126.06
CareFirst RPN $126.06
Optima Health PPO.POS not published by hospital
Aetna Broad not published by hospital
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital

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Protein western blot tissue at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $22.23 – $32.23
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $22.23 – $99.39
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $22.23 – $23.79
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $22.23 – $23.79
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE not published $22.23 – $32.23
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL not published $22.23 – $95.45
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA not published $22.23 – $126.06
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg not published $22.23 – $89.88

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