Blood draw capillary 36416 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

$12.50

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.

$25.00

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.

$0.38 with cigna vs $19.50 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
cigna exchange $0.38 ↓ -97%
cigna ppo $0.38 ↓ -97%
cigna hmo $0.38 ↓ -97%
united options $3.11 ↓ -75%
united nonoptions $3.11 ↓ -75%
united exchange $3.11 ↓ -75%
anthem medicaid advantage $3.67 ↓ -71%
united medicaid advantage $3.74 ↓ -70%
sentara health medicaid advantage $3.78 ↓ -70%
humana medicaid advantage $3.82 ↓ -69%
aetna medicaid advantage $3.85 ↓ -69%
kaiser medicaid advantage $4.04 ↓ -68%
carefirst hmo $13.75 ↑ +10%
aetna ppo $14.20 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $14.20 ↑ +14%
carefirst ppo $14.50 ↑ +16%
aetna fannie-mae $14.90 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $15.73 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $15.73 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $19.50 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $19.50 ↑ +56%

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Blood draw capillary 36416 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $12.50 $0.38 – $15.73
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $12.50 $0.38 – $15.73
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $12.50 $0.38 – $15.73
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $12.50 $0.38 – $15.73
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $72.00 $1.18 – $14.04
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $154.00 $3.14 – $13.36
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $48.00 $3.14 – $13.47
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA $94.63 $1.06 – $15.13

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