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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) at Inova Fairfax Hospital
3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA · Inova · · NPI 1831220714
$833.50
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.
$1,667.00
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.
$241.72 with united vs $2,440.35 with cigna — 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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| united | medicare advantage | $241.72 | ↓ -71% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $241.72 | ↓ -71% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $241.72 | ↓ -71% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $246.55 | ↓ -70% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $251.39 | ↓ -70% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $251.39 | ↓ -70% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $265.89 | ↓ -68% |
| united | options | $528.75 | ↓ -37% |
| united | exchange | $528.75 | ↓ -37% |
| united | nonoptions | $528.75 | ↓ -37% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $573.31 | ↓ -31% |
| anthem | hmo | $660.84 | ↓ -21% |
| anthem | ppo | $660.84 | ↓ -21% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $735.46 | ↓ -12% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $750.17 | ↓ -10% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $757.52 | ↓ -9% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $764.88 | ↓ -8% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $772.23 | ↓ -7% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $809.01 | ↓ -3% |
| sentara health | exchange | $940.34 | ↑ +13% |
| aetna | hmo | $946.69 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | ppo | $946.69 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $993.53 | ↑ +19% |
| innovation | fully insured | $1,098.55 | ↑ +32% |
| innovation | self insured | $1,098.55 | ↑ +32% |
| sentara health | hmo | $1,237.16 | ↑ +48% |
| sentara health | ppo | $1,237.16 | ↑ +48% |
| kaiser | ppo | $1,300.26 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | hmo | $1,300.26 | ↑ +56% |
| carefirst | hmo | $1,839.73 | ↑ +121% |
| carefirst | ppo | $1,996.05 | ↑ +139% |
| cigna | hmo | $2,440.35 | ↑ +193% |
| cigna | exchange | $2,440.35 | ↑ +193% |
| cigna | ppo | $2,440.35 | ↑ +193% |
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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $833.50 | $241.72 – $1,839.73 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $833.50 | $241.72 – $1,839.73 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $833.50 | $241.72 – $1,839.73 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $833.50 | $241.72 – $1,839.73 |