Destroy premlg lesns;1st lesn 17000 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

$120.00

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.

$240.00

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.

$109.68 with cigna vs $2,561.00 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
cigna exchange $109.68 ↓ -9%
cigna ppo $154.99 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $154.99 ↑ +29%
kaiser ppo $187.20 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $187.20 ↑ +56%
anthem medicare advantage $198.70 ↑ +66%
united medicare advantage $198.70 ↑ +66%
aetna medicare advantage $198.70 ↑ +66%
sentara health medicare advantage $202.67 ↑ +69%
kaiser medicare advantage $206.65 ↑ +72%
cigna medicare advantage $206.65 ↑ +72%
humana medicare advantage $218.57 ↑ +82%
anthem medicaid advantage $251.22 ↑ +109%
united medicaid advantage $256.24 ↑ +114%
sentara health medicaid advantage $258.76 ↑ +116%
humana medicaid advantage $261.27 ↑ +118%
aetna medicaid advantage $263.78 ↑ +120%
kaiser medicaid advantage $276.34 ↑ +130%
anthem exchange hmo $471.28 ↑ +293%
anthem hmo $543.24 ↑ +353%
anthem ppo $543.24 ↑ +353%
sentara health exchange $883.55 ↑ +636%
carefirst hmo $1,043.00 ↑ +769%
carefirst ppo $1,054.00 ↑ +778%
united exchange $1,147.12 ↑ +856%
sentara health ppo $1,162.45 ↑ +869%
sentara health hmo $1,162.45 ↑ +869%
united options $1,290.59 ↑ +975%
united nonoptions $1,290.59 ↑ +975%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↑ +1158%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +1418%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +1725%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +2034%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +2034%

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Destroy premlg lesns;1st lesn 17000 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $120.00 $109.68 – $1,509.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $120.00 $109.68 – $1,509.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $120.00 $109.68 – $1,509.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $120.00 $109.68 – $1,509.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $99.60 $20.40 – $426.75
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $99.60 $44.48 – $426.75
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $106.50 $199.67 – $2,845.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $145.00 $199.67 – $3,988.00

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