Bone tendon board add on at Inova Fairfax Hospital
3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA · Inova · · NPI 1831220714
$273.34
Cash price 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.
$546.68
Gross charge 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.
$87.08 with carefirst vs $205.82 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| carefirst | hmo | $87.08 | ↓ -68% |
| carefirst | ppo | $92.35 | ↓ -66% |
| cigna | exchange | $112.05 | ↓ -59% |
| cigna | hmo | $112.05 | ↓ -59% |
| cigna | ppo | $112.05 | ↓ -59% |
| kaiser | ppo | $205.82 | ↓ -25% |
| kaiser | hmo | $205.82 | ↓ -25% |
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Bone tendon board add on at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $273.34 | $87.08 – $205.82 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $273.34 | $87.08 – $205.82 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $273.34 | $87.08 – $205.82 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $273.34 | $87.08 – $205.82 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | $941.00 | $117.65 – $117.65 |
| STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER | Dulles | $621.00 | $101.97 – $101.97 |
| TRICITIES HOSPITAL | HOPEWELL | not published | $117.65 – $117.65 |
| RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER | VIENNA | not published | $101.97 – $101.97 |