Cystogram >= 3 views supervision & interpretation 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

$527.50

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.

$1,055.00

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.

$167.33 with anthem vs $976.36 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 $167.33 ↓ -68%
united medicaid advantage $170.68 ↓ -68%
sentara health medicaid advantage $172.35 ↓ -67%
humana medicaid advantage $174.02 ↓ -67%
aetna medicaid advantage $175.70 ↓ -67%
kaiser medicaid advantage $184.06 ↓ -65%
carefirst hmo $208.63 ↓ -60%
carefirst ppo $226.36 ↓ -57%
anthem medicare advantage $357.13 ↓ -32%
united medicare advantage $357.13 ↓ -32%
aetna medicare advantage $357.13 ↓ -32%
sentara health medicare advantage $364.27 ↓ -31%
kaiser medicare advantage $371.42 ↓ -30%
cigna medicare advantage $371.42 ↓ -30%
humana medicare advantage $392.84 ↓ -26%
cigna exchange $470.32 ↓ -11%
sentara health exchange $595.11 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $599.13 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $599.13 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $628.78 ↑ +19%
cigna ppo $681.32 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $681.32 ↑ +29%
innovation fully insured $695.25 ↑ +32%
innovation self insured $695.25 ↑ +32%
sentara health ppo $782.97 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $782.97 ↑ +48%
kaiser hmo $822.90 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $822.90 ↑ +56%
united options $846.20 ↑ +60%
united exchange $846.20 ↑ +60%
united nonoptions $846.20 ↑ +60%
anthem exchange hmo $847.04 ↑ +61%
anthem hmo $976.36 ↑ +85%
anthem ppo $976.36 ↑ +85%

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Cystogram >= 3 views supervision & interpretation at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $1,703.00 $77.51 – $828.27
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $527.50 $167.33 – $695.25
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $527.50 $167.33 – $695.25
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $527.50 $167.33 – $695.25
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $527.50 $167.33 – $695.25
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $1,839.00 $46.16 – $828.27
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $1,869.00 $63.42 – $828.27
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $2,061.00 $68.56 – $828.27

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