Alpha-fetoprotein afp-l3 frac & total 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

$609.00

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.

$1,218.00

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.

$33.33 with anthem vs $950.04 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
anthem medicaid advantage $33.33 ↓ -95%
united medicaid advantage $34.00 ↓ -94%
sentara health medicaid advantage $34.33 ↓ -94%
humana medicaid advantage $34.66 ↓ -94%
aetna medicaid advantage $35.00 ↓ -94%
kaiser medicaid advantage $36.66 ↓ -94%
anthem hmo $64.41 ↓ -89%
united medicare advantage $64.41 ↓ -89%
united options $64.41 ↓ -89%
united nonoptions $64.41 ↓ -89%
united exchange $64.41 ↓ -89%
aetna medicare advantage $64.41 ↓ -89%
anthem ppo $64.41 ↓ -89%
anthem exchange hmo $64.41 ↓ -89%
anthem medicare advantage $64.41 ↓ -89%
sentara health medicare advantage $65.70 ↓ -89%
cigna medicare advantage $66.99 ↓ -89%
kaiser medicare advantage $66.99 ↓ -89%
humana medicare advantage $70.85 ↓ -88%
sentara health exchange $142.27 ↓ -77%
sentara health hmo $187.18 ↓ -69%
sentara health ppo $187.18 ↓ -69%
cigna hmo $261.70 ↓ -57%
cigna exchange $261.70 ↓ -57%
cigna ppo $261.70 ↓ -57%
carefirst hmo $413.27 ↓ -32%
carefirst ppo $459.80 ↓ -24%
aetna ppo $691.70 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $691.70 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $725.93 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $766.24 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $766.24 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $950.04 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $950.04 ↑ +56%

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Alpha-fetoprotein afp-l3 frac & total at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $609.00 $33.33 – $766.24
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $609.00 $33.33 – $766.24
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $609.00 $33.33 – $766.24
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $609.00 $33.33 – $766.24
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $1,369.00 $56.05 – $287.98
HENRICO DOCTORS HOSPITAL RICHMOND $1,369.00 $56.05 – $276.56
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $56.05 – $93.39
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $56.05 – $68.92

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