Analysis; simple cranial nerv pulse gen prgrmg 95976 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

$60.50

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.

$121.00

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.

$37.29 with united vs $15,150.00 with united — 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 $37.29 ↓ -38%
anthem medicare advantage $37.29 ↓ -38%
aetna medicare advantage $37.29 ↓ -38%
sentara health medicare advantage $38.04 ↓ -37%
kaiser medicare advantage $38.78 ↓ -36%
cigna medicare advantage $38.78 ↓ -36%
humana medicare advantage $41.02 ↓ -32%
cigna exchange $53.94 ↓ -11%
carefirst hmo $66.55 ↑ +10%
sentara health exchange $68.25 ↑ +13%
aetna ppo $68.72 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $68.72 ↑ +14%
carefirst ppo $70.18 ↑ +16%
aetna fannie-mae $72.12 ↑ +19%
innovation self insured $76.12 ↑ +26%
innovation fully insured $76.12 ↑ +26%
cigna ppo $78.14 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $78.14 ↑ +29%
anthem exchange hmo $88.45 ↑ +46%
sentara health ppo $89.80 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $89.80 ↑ +48%
kaiser hmo $94.38 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $94.38 ↑ +56%
anthem ppo $101.95 ↑ +69%
anthem hmo $101.95 ↑ +69%
anthem medicaid advantage $198.30 ↑ +228%
united medicaid advantage $202.27 ↑ +234%
sentara health medicaid advantage $204.25 ↑ +238%
humana medicaid advantage $206.23 ↑ +241%
aetna medicaid advantage $208.22 ↑ +244%
kaiser medicaid advantage $218.13 ↑ +261%
united exchange $11,793.00 ↑ +19393%
united nonoptions $15,150.00 ↑ +24941%
united options $15,150.00 ↑ +24941%

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Analysis; simple cranial nerv pulse gen prgrmg 95976 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $60.50 $37.29 – $76.12
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $60.50 $37.29 – $76.12
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $60.50 $37.29 – $76.12
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $60.50 $37.29 – $76.12
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $64.50 $37.14 – $38.23
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $85.00 $37.14 – $38.23
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $19.35 $18.58 – $180.67
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $64.50 $37.44 – $38.54

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