Culture quantitative aerobic other source 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

$140.00

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.

$280.00

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.

$9.89 with aetna vs $218.40 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 $9.89 ↓ -93%
united medicare advantage $9.89 ↓ -93%
united options $9.89 ↓ -93%
united nonoptions $9.89 ↓ -93%
united exchange $9.89 ↓ -93%
anthem hmo $9.89 ↓ -93%
anthem medicare advantage $9.89 ↓ -93%
anthem exchange hmo $9.89 ↓ -93%
anthem ppo $9.89 ↓ -93%
sentara health medicare advantage $10.09 ↓ -93%
kaiser medicare advantage $10.29 ↓ -93%
cigna medicare advantage $10.29 ↓ -93%
humana medicare advantage $10.88 ↓ -92%
anthem medicaid advantage $11.72 ↓ -92%
united medicaid advantage $11.95 ↓ -91%
sentara health medicaid advantage $12.07 ↓ -91%
humana medicaid advantage $12.19 ↓ -91%
aetna medicaid advantage $12.31 ↓ -91%
kaiser medicaid advantage $12.89 ↓ -91%
sentara health exchange $21.85 ↓ -84%
sentara health hmo $28.74 ↓ -79%
sentara health ppo $28.74 ↓ -79%
cigna hmo $40.20 ↓ -71%
cigna ppo $40.20 ↓ -71%
cigna exchange $40.20 ↓ -71%
carefirst hmo $59.71 ↓ -57%
carefirst ppo $66.43 ↓ -53%
aetna ppo $159.01 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $159.01 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $166.88 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $176.15 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $176.15 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $218.40 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $218.40 ↑ +56%

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Culture quantitative aerobic other source at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $129.00 $8.61 – $14.34
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $140.00 $9.89 – $176.15
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $140.00 $9.89 – $176.15
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $140.00 $9.89 – $176.15
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $140.00 $9.89 – $176.15
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $645.00 $8.61 – $44.22
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $343.00 $8.61 – $10.58
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $30.00 $7.60 – $10.58

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