Assay of gdh enzyme 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

$118.00

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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.

$236.00

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.

$13.15 with anthem vs $184.08 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 ppo $13.15 ↓ -89%
united medicare advantage $13.15 ↓ -89%
united options $13.15 ↓ -89%
united nonoptions $13.15 ↓ -89%
united exchange $13.15 ↓ -89%
aetna medicare advantage $13.15 ↓ -89%
anthem hmo $13.15 ↓ -89%
anthem medicare advantage $13.15 ↓ -89%
anthem exchange hmo $13.15 ↓ -89%
sentara health medicare advantage $13.41 ↓ -89%
cigna medicare advantage $13.68 ↓ -88%
kaiser medicare advantage $13.68 ↓ -88%
anthem medicaid advantage $14.35 ↓ -88%
humana medicare advantage $14.47 ↓ -88%
united medicaid advantage $14.64 ↓ -88%
sentara health medicaid advantage $14.78 ↓ -87%
humana medicaid advantage $14.92 ↓ -87%
aetna medicaid advantage $15.07 ↓ -87%
kaiser medicaid advantage $15.79 ↓ -87%
sentara health exchange $29.05 ↓ -75%
sentara health ppo $38.22 ↓ -68%
sentara health hmo $38.22 ↓ -68%
carefirst hmo $48.92 ↓ -59%
cigna hmo $53.45 ↓ -55%
cigna exchange $53.45 ↓ -55%
cigna ppo $53.45 ↓ -55%
carefirst ppo $54.43 ↓ -54%
aetna ppo $134.02 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $134.02 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $140.66 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $148.47 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $148.47 ↑ +26%
kaiser ppo $184.08 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $184.08 ↑ +56%

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Assay of gdh enzyme at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $118.00 $13.15 – $148.47
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $118.00 $13.15 – $148.47
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $118.00 $13.15 – $148.47
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $118.00 $13.15 – $148.47
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $11.44 – $19.07
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $11.44 – $58.79
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $11.44 – $14.07
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $10.10 – $14.07

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