Asp core fat pad 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

$584.00

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.

$1,168.00

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.

$198.70 with aetna vs $3,563.00 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
aetna medicare advantage $198.70 ↓ -66%
anthem medicare advantage $198.70 ↓ -66%
united medicare advantage $198.70 ↓ -66%
sentara health medicare advantage $202.67 ↓ -65%
cigna medicare advantage $206.65 ↓ -65%
kaiser medicare advantage $206.65 ↓ -65%
humana medicare advantage $218.57 ↓ -63%
anthem medicaid advantage $251.22 ↓ -57%
united medicaid advantage $256.24 ↓ -56%
sentara health medicaid advantage $258.76 ↓ -56%
humana medicaid advantage $261.27 ↓ -55%
aetna medicaid advantage $263.78 ↓ -55%
kaiser medicaid advantage $276.34 ↓ -53%
cigna exchange $444.66 ↓ -24%
anthem exchange hmo $471.28 ↓ -19%
anthem ppo $543.24 ↓ -7%
anthem hmo $543.24 ↓ -7%
cigna ppo $628.36 ↑ +8%
cigna hmo $628.36 ↑ +8%
kaiser hmo $758.94 ↑ +30%
kaiser ppo $758.94 ↑ +30%
sentara health exchange $883.55 ↑ +51%
united exchange $1,147.12 ↑ +96%
sentara health ppo $1,162.45 ↑ +99%
sentara health hmo $1,162.45 ↑ +99%
united options $1,290.59 ↑ +121%
united nonoptions $1,290.59 ↑ +121%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↑ +158%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +212%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +275%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +339%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +339%
carefirst hmo $3,529.00 ↑ +504%
carefirst ppo $3,563.00 ↑ +510%

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Asp core fat pad at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $584.00 $198.70 – $3,529.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $584.00 $198.70 – $3,529.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $584.00 $198.70 – $3,529.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $584.00 $198.70 – $3,529.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $340.50 $199.67 – $511.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $680.00 $199.67 – $3,988.00
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $889.50 $201.25 – $207.17
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $680.00 $199.67 – $5,220.00

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