Ablation cryo pq chest wall tumor(s) w/guid 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

$587.50

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.

$1,175.00

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.

$239.88 with united vs $6,962.00 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 medicare advantage $239.88 ↓ -59%
anthem medicare advantage $239.88 ↓ -59%
aetna medicare advantage $239.88 ↓ -59%
sentara health medicare advantage $244.68 ↓ -58%
cigna medicare advantage $249.48 ↓ -58%
kaiser medicare advantage $249.48 ↓ -58%
humana medicare advantage $263.87 ↓ -55%
cigna exchange $536.98 ↓ -9%
anthem exchange hmo $568.95 ↓ -3%
anthem hmo $655.82 ↑ +12%
anthem ppo $655.82 ↑ +12%
anthem medicaid advantage $700.38 ↑ +19%
united medicaid advantage $714.39 ↑ +22%
sentara health medicaid advantage $721.39 ↑ +23%
humana medicaid advantage $728.40 ↑ +24%
aetna medicaid advantage $735.40 ↑ +25%
cigna hmo $758.82 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $758.82 ↑ +29%
kaiser medicaid advantage $770.42 ↑ +31%
sentara health exchange $883.55 ↑ +50%
kaiser ppo $916.50 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $916.50 ↑ +56%
united exchange $1,147.12 ↑ +95%
sentara health ppo $1,162.45 ↑ +98%
sentara health hmo $1,162.45 ↑ +98%
united options $1,290.59 ↑ +120%
united nonoptions $1,290.59 ↑ +120%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↑ +157%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +210%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +273%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +336%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +336%
carefirst hmo $6,895.00 ↑ +1074%
carefirst ppo $6,962.00 ↑ +1085%

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Ablation cryo pq chest wall tumor(s) w/guid at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $587.50 $239.88 – $6,895.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $587.50 $239.88 – $6,895.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $587.50 $239.88 – $6,895.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $587.50 $239.88 – $6,895.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $398.50 $245.48 – $511.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $346.50 $245.48 – $5,047.00
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $347.50 $247.43 – $254.70
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $346.50 $245.48 – $5,220.00

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