Bx breast 1st lesion mr imag 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

$4,481.00

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$8,962.00

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.

$1,620.24 with anthem vs $5,955.00 with aetna — 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 $1,620.24 ↓ -64%
united medicare advantage $1,620.24 ↓ -64%
aetna medicare advantage $1,620.24 ↓ -64%
sentara health medicare advantage $1,652.64 ↓ -63%
cigna medicare advantage $1,685.05 ↓ -62%
kaiser medicare advantage $1,685.05 ↓ -62%
humana medicare advantage $1,782.26 ↓ -60%
sentara health exchange $1,847.42 ↓ -59%
anthem medicaid advantage $1,909.84 ↓ -57%
united medicaid advantage $1,948.04 ↓ -57%
sentara health medicaid advantage $1,967.14 ↓ -56%
humana medicaid advantage $1,986.23 ↓ -56%
aetna medicaid advantage $2,005.33 ↓ -55%
kaiser medicaid advantage $2,100.82 ↓ -53%
sentara health ppo $2,430.58 ↓ -46%
sentara health hmo $2,430.58 ↓ -46%
united exchange $2,538.64 ↓ -43%
united nonoptions $2,857.22 ↓ -36%
united options $2,857.22 ↓ -36%
kaiser ppo $3,495.18 ↓ -22%
kaiser hmo $3,495.18 ↓ -22%
innovation fully insured $3,508.00 ↓ -22%
carefirst hmo $3,529.00 ↓ -21%
carefirst ppo $3,563.00 ↓ -20%
anthem exchange hmo $3,842.86 ↓ -14%
innovation self insured $4,227.00 ↓ -6%
cigna exchange $4,391.00 ↓ -2%
anthem ppo $4,429.58 ↓ -1%
anthem hmo $4,429.58 ↓ -1%
aetna fannie-mae $5,091.48 ↑ +14%
cigna hmo $5,689.00 ↑ +27%
cigna ppo $5,689.00 ↑ +27%
aetna ppo $5,955.00 ↑ +33%
aetna hmo $5,955.00 ↑ +33%

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Bx breast 1st lesion mr imag at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $4,481.00 $1,620.24 – $3,529.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $4,481.00 $1,620.24 – $3,529.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $4,481.00 $1,620.24 – $3,529.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $4,481.00 $1,620.24 – $3,529.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $588.75 $1,338.86 – $3,512.94
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $588.75 $1,611.44 – $3,512.94
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $1,737.50 $1,643.67 – $3,895.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $6,156.00 $1,643.67 – $3,988.00

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