Consult comp w/report rfrd material 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

$427.50

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.

$855.00

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.

$137.85 with anthem vs $666.90 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 medicaid advantage $137.85 ↓ -68%
united medicaid advantage $140.61 ↓ -67%
sentara health medicaid advantage $141.99 ↓ -67%
humana medicaid advantage $143.36 ↓ -66%
aetna medicaid advantage $144.74 ↓ -66%
kaiser medicaid advantage $151.64 ↓ -65%
united nonoptions $152.32 ↓ -64%
united options $152.32 ↓ -64%
united exchange $152.32 ↓ -64%
anthem medicare advantage $171.36 ↓ -60%
united medicare advantage $171.36 ↓ -60%
aetna medicare advantage $171.36 ↓ -60%
sentara health medicare advantage $174.79 ↓ -59%
cigna medicare advantage $178.21 ↓ -58%
kaiser medicare advantage $178.21 ↓ -58%
humana medicare advantage $188.50 ↓ -56%
carefirst hmo $255.72 ↓ -40%
carefirst ppo $284.51 ↓ -33%
sentara health exchange $310.63 ↓ -27%
anthem exchange hmo $406.44 ↓ -5%
sentara health ppo $408.69 ↓ -4%
sentara health hmo $408.69 ↓ -4%
anthem hmo $468.50 ↑ +10%
anthem ppo $468.50 ↑ +10%
aetna ppo $485.55 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $485.55 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $509.58 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $537.88 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $537.88 ↑ +26%
cigna ppo $539.63 ↑ +26%
cigna hmo $539.63 ↑ +26%
cigna exchange $539.63 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $666.90 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $666.90 ↑ +56%

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Consult comp w/report rfrd material at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $427.50 $137.85 – $537.88
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $427.50 $137.85 – $537.88
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $427.50 $137.85 – $537.88
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $427.50 $137.85 – $537.88
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $149.16 – $842.01
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $149.16 – $666.89
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $149.16 – $634.53
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $149.16 – $639.90

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