Ablate bone tumor(s) perq 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

$16,523.00

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$33,046.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1,509.00 with innovation vs $35,176.72 with anthem — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↓ -91%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↓ -89%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↓ -87%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↓ -85%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↓ -85%
anthem medicaid advantage $2,626.58 ↓ -84%
united medicaid advantage $2,679.11 ↓ -84%
sentara health medicaid advantage $2,705.38 ↓ -84%
humana medicaid advantage $2,731.64 ↓ -83%
aetna medicaid advantage $2,757.91 ↓ -83%
kaiser medicaid advantage $2,889.24 ↓ -83%
sentara health exchange $7,229.04 ↓ -56%
cigna exchange $7,551.01 ↓ -54%
sentara health ppo $9,510.97 ↓ -42%
sentara health hmo $9,510.97 ↓ -42%
united exchange $10,131.68 ↓ -39%
cigna ppo $10,670.55 ↓ -35%
cigna hmo $10,670.55 ↓ -35%
united nonoptions $11,406.22 ↓ -31%
united options $11,406.22 ↓ -31%
united medicare advantage $12,866.82 ↓ -22%
anthem medicare advantage $12,866.82 ↓ -22%
aetna medicare advantage $12,866.82 ↓ -22%
kaiser ppo $12,887.94 ↓ -22%
kaiser hmo $12,887.94 ↓ -22%
sentara health medicare advantage $13,124.16 ↓ -21%
kaiser medicare advantage $13,381.49 ↓ -19%
cigna medicare advantage $13,381.49 ↓ -19%
humana medicare advantage $14,153.50 ↓ -14%
carefirst hmo $16,441.00 ↓ -0%
carefirst ppo $16,600.00 ↑ +0%
anthem exchange hmo $30,517.37 ↑ +85%
anthem ppo $35,176.72 ↑ +113%
anthem hmo $35,176.72 ↑ +113%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $16,523.00 $1,509.00 – $16,441.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $16,523.00 $1,509.00 – $16,441.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $16,523.00 $1,509.00 – $16,441.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $16,523.00 $1,509.00 – $16,441.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $7,619.00 $2,004.00 – $17,920.08
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $8,152.00 $3,988.00 – $17,920.08
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $10,651.50 $17,587.76 – $18,105.05
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $8,152.00 $5,220.00 – $17,962.85

All Virginia hospitals for this procedure →