Chromosome karyotype study 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

$197.50

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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.

$395.00

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.

$33.47 with aetna vs $308.10 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
aetna medicare advantage $33.47 ↓ -83%
united medicare advantage $33.47 ↓ -83%
united options $33.47 ↓ -83%
united nonoptions $33.47 ↓ -83%
united exchange $33.47 ↓ -83%
anthem hmo $33.47 ↓ -83%
anthem medicare advantage $33.47 ↓ -83%
anthem exchange hmo $33.47 ↓ -83%
anthem ppo $33.47 ↓ -83%
sentara health medicare advantage $34.14 ↓ -83%
kaiser medicare advantage $34.81 ↓ -82%
cigna medicare advantage $34.81 ↓ -82%
humana medicare advantage $36.82 ↓ -81%
anthem medicaid advantage $51.70 ↓ -74%
united medicaid advantage $52.73 ↓ -73%
sentara health medicaid advantage $53.25 ↓ -73%
humana medicaid advantage $53.77 ↓ -73%
aetna medicaid advantage $54.29 ↓ -73%
kaiser medicaid advantage $56.87 ↓ -71%
sentara health exchange $73.93 ↓ -63%
sentara health hmo $97.27 ↓ -51%
sentara health ppo $97.27 ↓ -51%
cigna hmo $136.00 ↓ -31%
cigna ppo $136.00 ↓ -31%
cigna exchange $136.00 ↓ -31%
carefirst hmo $158.87 ↓ -20%
carefirst ppo $176.75 ↓ -11%
aetna ppo $224.32 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $224.32 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $235.42 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $248.49 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $248.49 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $308.10 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $308.10 ↑ +56%

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Chromosome karyotype study at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $258.00 $29.13 – $48.53
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $197.50 $33.47 – $248.49
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $197.50 $33.47 – $248.49
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $197.50 $33.47 – $248.49
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $197.50 $33.47 – $248.49
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $1,026.00 $29.13 – $149.64
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $1,026.00 $29.13 – $143.71
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg $1,041.12 $33.24 – $135.33

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