CT guid parench tis ablat 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

$689.50

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.

$1,379.00

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.

$115.46 with anthem vs $1,739.00 with aetna — 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 $115.46 ↓ -83%
united medicaid advantage $117.77 ↓ -83%
sentara health medicaid advantage $118.92 ↓ -83%
humana medicaid advantage $120.08 ↓ -83%
aetna medicaid advantage $121.23 ↓ -82%
kaiser medicaid advantage $127.01 ↓ -82%
cigna exchange $614.76 ↓ -11%
carefirst hmo $758.45 ↑ +10%
united exchange $772.57 ↑ +12%
carefirst ppo $799.82 ↑ +16%
cigna ppo $890.56 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $890.56 ↑ +29%
united options $947.46 ↑ +37%
united nonoptions $947.46 ↑ +37%
sentara health exchange $1,044.19 ↑ +51%
kaiser ppo $1,075.62 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $1,075.62 ↑ +56%
sentara health ppo $1,373.81 ↑ +99%
sentara health hmo $1,373.81 ↑ +99%
innovation fully insured $1,432.00 ↑ +108%
aetna fannie-mae $1,486.66 ↑ +116%
innovation self insured $1,724.00 ↑ +150%
aetna hmo $1,739.00 ↑ +152%
aetna ppo $1,739.00 ↑ +152%

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CT guid parench tis ablat at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $689.50 $115.46 – $1,432.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $689.50 $115.46 – $1,432.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $689.50 $115.46 – $1,432.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $689.50 $115.46 – $1,432.00
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $909.39 – $909.39
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $541.63 – $541.63
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $744.13 – $744.13
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $614.86 – $614.86

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