Brachy src nonstrand hdr ir-192 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

$997.00

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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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$1,994.00

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.

$342.39 with anthem vs $1,555.32 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 medicare advantage $342.39 ↓ -66%
united medicare advantage $342.39 ↓ -66%
aetna medicare advantage $342.39 ↓ -66%
sentara health medicare advantage $349.24 ↓ -65%
cigna medicare advantage $356.09 ↓ -64%
kaiser medicare advantage $356.09 ↓ -64%
anthem medicaid advantage $373.59 ↓ -63%
humana medicare advantage $376.63 ↓ -62%
united medicaid advantage $381.06 ↓ -62%
sentara health medicaid advantage $384.80 ↓ -61%
humana medicaid advantage $388.53 ↓ -61%
aetna medicaid advantage $392.27 ↓ -61%
kaiser medicaid advantage $410.95 ↓ -59%
carefirst hmo $658.02 ↓ -34%
carefirst ppo $697.90 ↓ -30%
anthem exchange hmo $812.08 ↓ -19%
anthem hmo $936.07 ↓ -6%
anthem ppo $936.07 ↓ -6%
kaiser ppo $1,555.32 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $1,555.32 ↑ +56%

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Brachy src nonstrand hdr ir-192 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $997.00 $342.39 – $658.02
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $997.00 $342.39 – $658.02
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $997.00 $342.39 – $658.02
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $997.00 $342.39 – $658.02
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $122.40 $209.13 – $779.33
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $122.40 $209.13 – $779.33
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $351.38 not published
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $473.52 not published

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