Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement 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

$297.00

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.

$594.00

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.

$78.77 with anthem vs $463.32 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 $78.77 ↓ -73%
anthem medicare advantage $78.77 ↓ -73%
united medicare advantage $78.77 ↓ -73%
united options $78.77 ↓ -73%
united nonoptions $78.77 ↓ -73%
united exchange $78.77 ↓ -73%
aetna medicare advantage $78.77 ↓ -73%
anthem hmo $78.77 ↓ -73%
anthem exchange hmo $78.77 ↓ -73%
sentara health medicare advantage $80.35 ↓ -73%
anthem medicaid advantage $80.56 ↓ -73%
kaiser medicare advantage $81.92 ↓ -72%
cigna medicare advantage $81.92 ↓ -72%
united medicaid advantage $82.17 ↓ -72%
sentara health medicaid advantage $82.98 ↓ -72%
humana medicaid advantage $83.78 ↓ -72%
aetna medicaid advantage $84.59 ↓ -72%
humana medicare advantage $86.65 ↓ -71%
kaiser medicaid advantage $88.62 ↓ -70%
sentara health exchange $173.99 ↓ -41%
carefirst hmo $179.61 ↓ -40%
carefirst ppo $199.84 ↓ -33%
sentara health ppo $228.92 ↓ -23%
sentara health hmo $228.92 ↓ -23%
cigna hmo $320.00 ↑ +8%
cigna exchange $320.00 ↑ +8%
cigna ppo $320.00 ↑ +8%
aetna ppo $337.33 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $337.33 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $354.02 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $373.69 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $373.69 ↑ +26%
kaiser ppo $463.32 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $463.32 ↑ +56%

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Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $480.00 $68.54 – $114.22
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $297.00 $78.77 – $373.69
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $297.00 $78.77 – $373.69
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $297.00 $78.77 – $373.69
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $297.00 $78.77 – $373.69
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $883.00 $68.54 – $352.18
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $480.00 $60.48 – $84.28
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $99.00 $68.54 – $338.16

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