Caregiver training strategies&tq 1st 30 minutes 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

$86.50

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.

$173.00

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.

$44.28 with anthem vs $134.94 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 hmo $44.28 ↓ -49%
anthem exchange hmo $44.28 ↓ -49%
anthem ppo $44.28 ↓ -49%
cigna exchange $77.12 ↓ -11%
carefirst hmo $95.15 ↑ +10%
united exchange $96.92 ↑ +12%
sentara health exchange $97.59 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $98.25 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $98.25 ↑ +14%
anthem medicaid advantage $99.45 ↑ +15%
carefirst ppo $100.34 ↑ +16%
united medicaid advantage $101.44 ↑ +17%
sentara health medicaid advantage $102.43 ↑ +18%
aetna fannie-mae $103.11 ↑ +19%
humana medicaid advantage $103.43 ↑ +20%
aetna medicaid advantage $104.42 ↑ +21%
innovation self insured $108.83 ↑ +26%
innovation fully insured $108.83 ↑ +26%
kaiser medicaid advantage $109.40 ↑ +26%
cigna ppo $111.72 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $111.72 ↑ +29%
united options $118.86 ↑ +37%
united nonoptions $118.86 ↑ +37%
sentara health ppo $128.39 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $128.39 ↑ +48%
kaiser hmo $134.94 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $134.94 ↑ +56%

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Caregiver training strategies&tq 1st 30 minutes at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $86.50 $44.28 – $109.40
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $86.50 $44.28 – $109.40
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $86.50 $44.28 – $109.40
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $86.50 $44.28 – $109.40
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg $95.04 $50.06 – $57.02
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $43.87 – $56.01
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $43.87 – $71.94
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $43.87 – $57.02

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