Ablat 1/+thyr ndul addl prq rf at Inova Fairfax Hospital

3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA · Inova · · NPI 1831220714

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published unknown · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$1,370.00

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.

$2,740.00

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.

$1,147.12 with united vs $6,950.32 with kaiser — 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 exchange $1,147.12 ↓ -16%
cigna exchange $1,252.18 ↓ -9%
united options $1,290.59 ↓ -6%
united nonoptions $1,290.59 ↓ -6%
carefirst hmo $1,507.00 ↑ +10%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↑ +10%
carefirst ppo $1,589.20 ↑ +16%
cigna hmo $1,769.49 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $1,769.49 ↑ +29%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +33%
kaiser ppo $2,137.20 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $2,137.20 ↑ +56%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +60%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +87%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +87%
anthem medicaid advantage $6,318.47 ↑ +361%
united medicaid advantage $6,444.84 ↑ +370%
sentara health medicaid advantage $6,508.02 ↑ +375%
humana medicaid advantage $6,571.21 ↑ +380%
aetna medicaid advantage $6,634.39 ↑ +384%
kaiser medicaid advantage $6,950.32 ↑ +407%

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Ablat 1/+thyr ndul addl prq rf at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,370.00 $1,127.36 – $6,571.21
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,370.00 $1,127.36 – $6,571.21
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,370.00 $1,127.36 – $6,571.21
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,370.00 $1,127.36 – $6,571.21
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $366.15 $320.00 – $320.00
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $366.15 $320.00 – $320.00
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $366.15 $224.00 – $224.00
Smyth County Community Hospital MARION $366.15 $320.00 – $320.00

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