Colposcopy/cervix/bx vagina/cervix 57421 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

$1,290.00

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.

Full explanation →

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

$2,580.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$752.86 with anthem vs $2,678.00 with cigna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
anthem medicaid advantage $752.86 ↓ -42%
united medicaid advantage $767.92 ↓ -40%
sentara health medicaid advantage $775.45 ↓ -40%
humana medicaid advantage $782.97 ↓ -39%
aetna medicaid advantage $790.50 ↓ -39%
kaiser medicaid advantage $828.15 ↓ -36%
aetna medicare advantage $870.74 ↓ -33%
united medicare advantage $870.74 ↓ -33%
anthem medicare advantage $870.74 ↓ -33%
sentara health medicare advantage $888.15 ↓ -31%
kaiser medicare advantage $905.57 ↓ -30%
cigna medicare advantage $905.57 ↓ -30%
humana medicare advantage $957.81 ↓ -26%
sentara health exchange $1,285.16 ↓ -0%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↑ +17%
sentara health hmo $1,690.84 ↑ +31%
sentara health ppo $1,690.84 ↑ +31%
united exchange $1,744.08 ↑ +35%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +41%
united nonoptions $1,963.18 ↑ +52%
united options $1,963.18 ↑ +52%
kaiser ppo $2,012.40 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $2,012.40 ↑ +56%
anthem exchange hmo $2,065.22 ↑ +60%
cigna exchange $2,067.00 ↑ +60%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +70%
anthem ppo $2,380.54 ↑ +85%
anthem hmo $2,380.54 ↑ +85%
carefirst hmo $2,485.00 ↑ +93%
carefirst ppo $2,510.00 ↑ +95%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +99%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +99%
cigna hmo $2,678.00 ↑ +108%
cigna ppo $2,678.00 ↑ +108%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Colposcopy/cervix/bx vagina/cervix 57421 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,290.00 $752.86 – $2,485.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,290.00 $752.86 – $2,485.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,290.00 $752.86 – $2,485.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,290.00 $752.86 – $2,485.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $246.60 $571.69 – $1,959.07
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $246.60 $665.32 – $1,959.07
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $246.60 $685.27 – $1,959.07
Smyth County Community Hospital MARION $246.60 $665.31 – $1,959.07

All Virginia hospitals for this procedure →