Aspa gene 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

$425.00

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.

$850.00

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.

$47.25 with aetna vs $755.04 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 $47.25 ↓ -89%
anthem hmo $47.25 ↓ -89%
anthem medicare advantage $47.25 ↓ -89%
anthem exchange hmo $47.25 ↓ -89%
anthem ppo $47.25 ↓ -89%
united options $47.25 ↓ -89%
united nonoptions $47.25 ↓ -89%
united exchange $47.25 ↓ -89%
united medicare advantage $47.25 ↓ -89%
sentara health medicare advantage $48.20 ↓ -89%
kaiser medicare advantage $49.14 ↓ -88%
cigna medicare advantage $49.14 ↓ -88%
anthem medicaid advantage $51.70 ↓ -88%
humana medicare advantage $51.98 ↓ -88%
united medicaid advantage $52.73 ↓ -88%
sentara health medicaid advantage $53.25 ↓ -87%
humana medicaid advantage $53.77 ↓ -87%
aetna medicaid advantage $54.29 ↓ -87%
kaiser medicaid advantage $56.87 ↓ -87%
sentara health exchange $104.37 ↓ -75%
sentara health ppo $137.31 ↓ -68%
sentara health hmo $137.31 ↓ -68%
cigna ppo $191.95 ↓ -55%
cigna hmo $191.95 ↓ -55%
cigna exchange $191.95 ↓ -55%
aetna hmo $482.72 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $482.72 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $506.60 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $534.74 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $534.74 ↑ +26%
kaiser ppo $663.00 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $663.00 ↑ +56%
carefirst hmo $678.64 ↑ +60%
carefirst ppo $755.04 ↑ +78%

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Aspa gene at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $425.00 $47.25 – $678.64
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $425.00 $47.25 – $678.64
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $425.00 $47.25 – $678.64
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $425.00 $47.25 – $678.64
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $734.00 $47.25 – $68.51
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $47.25 – $68.51
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $47.25 – $211.25
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $47.25 – $50.56

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