Cmv pcr-sendout 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

$212.50

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.

$425.00

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.

$35.09 with aetna vs $331.50 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 $35.09 ↓ -83%
united medicare advantage $35.09 ↓ -83%
united options $35.09 ↓ -83%
united nonoptions $35.09 ↓ -83%
united exchange $35.09 ↓ -83%
anthem hmo $35.09 ↓ -83%
anthem medicare advantage $35.09 ↓ -83%
anthem exchange hmo $35.09 ↓ -83%
anthem ppo $35.09 ↓ -83%
sentara health medicare advantage $35.79 ↓ -83%
kaiser medicare advantage $36.49 ↓ -83%
cigna medicare advantage $36.49 ↓ -83%
humana medicare advantage $38.60 ↓ -82%
anthem medicaid advantage $69.10 ↓ -67%
united medicaid advantage $70.48 ↓ -67%
sentara health medicaid advantage $71.17 ↓ -67%
humana medicaid advantage $71.86 ↓ -66%
aetna medicaid advantage $72.56 ↓ -66%
kaiser medicaid advantage $76.01 ↓ -64%
sentara health exchange $77.51 ↓ -64%
sentara health hmo $101.98 ↓ -52%
sentara health ppo $101.98 ↓ -52%
cigna hmo $142.58 ↓ -33%
cigna ppo $142.58 ↓ -33%
cigna exchange $142.58 ↓ -33%
carefirst hmo $222.15 ↑ +5%
aetna ppo $241.36 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $241.36 ↑ +14%
carefirst ppo $247.16 ↑ +16%
aetna fannie-mae $253.30 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $267.37 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $267.37 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $331.50 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $331.50 ↑ +56%

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Cmv pcr-sendout at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $212.50 $35.09 – $267.37
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $212.50 $35.09 – $267.37
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $212.50 $35.09 – $267.37
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $212.50 $35.09 – $267.37
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $953.00 $30.54 – $156.89
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $1,137.00 $30.54 – $37.55
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $1,507.00 $26.95 – $37.55
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $1,588.00 $30.54 – $50.88

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