Asp & inj bone cyst 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

$795.00

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.

$1,590.00

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.

$642.21 with anthem vs $2,561.00 with aetna — 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 $642.21 ↓ -19%
united medicaid advantage $655.05 ↓ -18%
sentara health medicaid advantage $661.48 ↓ -17%
humana medicaid advantage $667.90 ↓ -16%
aetna medicaid advantage $674.32 ↓ -15%
aetna medicare advantage $703.59 ↓ -11%
united medicare advantage $703.59 ↓ -11%
anthem medicare advantage $703.59 ↓ -11%
kaiser medicaid advantage $706.43 ↓ -11%
sentara health medicare advantage $717.66 ↓ -10%
cigna exchange $726.63 ↓ -9%
kaiser medicare advantage $731.73 ↓ -8%
cigna medicare advantage $731.73 ↓ -8%
humana medicare advantage $773.95 ↓ -3%
cigna hmo $1,026.82 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $1,026.82 ↑ +29%
kaiser hmo $1,240.20 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $1,240.20 ↑ +56%
sentara health exchange $1,285.16 ↑ +62%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↑ +90%
anthem exchange hmo $1,668.76 ↑ +110%
sentara health ppo $1,690.84 ↑ +113%
sentara health hmo $1,690.84 ↑ +113%
united exchange $1,744.08 ↑ +119%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +129%
anthem ppo $1,923.55 ↑ +142%
anthem hmo $1,923.55 ↑ +142%
united options $1,963.18 ↑ +147%
united nonoptions $1,963.18 ↑ +147%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +175%
carefirst hmo $2,485.00 ↑ +213%
carefirst ppo $2,510.00 ↑ +216%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +222%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +222%

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Asp & inj bone cyst at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $795.00 $642.21 – $2,485.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $795.00 $642.21 – $2,485.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $795.00 $642.21 – $2,485.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $795.00 $642.21 – $2,485.00
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $294.75 $113.75 – $1,658.19
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $704.73 – $2,845.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $704.73 – $3,988.00
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston not published $710.31 – $731.20

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