Bilicheck 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

$17.50

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.

$35.00

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.

$5.02 with aetna vs $35.38 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 $5.02 ↓ -71%
united options $5.02 ↓ -71%
united nonoptions $5.02 ↓ -71%
united exchange $5.02 ↓ -71%
anthem hmo $5.02 ↓ -71%
anthem medicare advantage $5.02 ↓ -71%
anthem exchange hmo $5.02 ↓ -71%
anthem ppo $5.02 ↓ -71%
united medicare advantage $5.02 ↓ -71%
sentara health medicare advantage $5.12 ↓ -71%
cigna medicare advantage $5.22 ↓ -70%
kaiser medicare advantage $5.22 ↓ -70%
humana medicare advantage $5.52 ↓ -68%
anthem medicaid advantage $7.09 ↓ -59%
united medicaid advantage $7.23 ↓ -59%
sentara health medicaid advantage $7.30 ↓ -58%
humana medicaid advantage $7.37 ↓ -58%
aetna medicaid advantage $7.44 ↓ -57%
kaiser medicaid advantage $7.80 ↓ -55%
sentara health exchange $11.09 ↓ -37%
sentara health ppo $14.59 ↓ -17%
sentara health hmo $14.59 ↓ -17%
aetna ppo $19.88 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $19.88 ↑ +14%
cigna exchange $20.38 ↑ +16%
cigna ppo $20.38 ↑ +16%
cigna hmo $20.38 ↑ +16%
aetna fannie-mae $20.86 ↑ +19%
innovation self insured $22.02 ↑ +26%
innovation fully insured $22.02 ↑ +26%
kaiser ppo $27.30 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $27.30 ↑ +56%
carefirst hmo $31.80 ↑ +82%
carefirst ppo $35.38 ↑ +102%

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Bilicheck at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $17.50 $5.02 – $31.80
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $17.50 $5.02 – $31.80
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $17.50 $5.02 – $31.80
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $17.50 $5.02 – $31.80
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $49.00 $4.37 – $7.28
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA $170.87 $5.02 – $28.50
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg $141.48 $4.99 – $20.28
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles $174.45 $3.85 – $28.50

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