Control throat bleeding 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

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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.

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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.

$2,047.61 with anthem vs $8,866.25 with anthem — 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 $2,047.61
united medicaid advantage $2,088.56
sentara health medicaid advantage $2,109.04
humana medicaid advantage $2,129.51
innovation fully insured $2,149.00
aetna medicaid advantage $2,149.99
kaiser medicaid advantage $2,252.37
innovation self insured $2,589.00
cigna exchange $2,763.00
aetna fannie-mae $3,116.15
anthem medicare advantage $3,243.07
united medicare advantage $3,243.07
aetna medicare advantage $3,243.07
sentara health medicare advantage $3,307.93
kaiser medicare advantage $3,372.79
cigna medicare advantage $3,372.79
humana medicare advantage $3,567.38
cigna hmo $3,580.00
cigna ppo $3,580.00
aetna ppo $3,645.00
aetna hmo $3,645.00
sentara health exchange $3,855.49
carefirst hmo $4,413.00
carefirst ppo $4,455.00
sentara health hmo $5,072.52
sentara health ppo $5,072.52
united exchange $5,470.40
united nonoptions $6,158.37
united options $6,158.37
anthem exchange hmo $7,691.87
anthem hmo $8,866.25
anthem ppo $8,866.25

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Control throat bleeding at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $4,349.00 $1,571.00 – $5,978.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $4,201.00 $3,231.00 – $3,486.00
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $5,110.50 not published
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $4,201.00 $3,299.54 – $4,564.00
Sentara RMH Medical Center Harrisonburg $4,349.00 $3,299.54 – $3,396.58
Sentara CarePlex Hospital Hampton $4,201.00 $3,299.54 – $3,396.58
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Norfolk $4,201.00 $3,299.54 – $4,564.00
Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Virginia Beach $4,201.00 $3,299.54 – $4,564.00

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