Destruction mal lsn t/a/l 3.1-4cm 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

$817.00

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.

$1,634.00

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.

$251.22 with anthem 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
anthem medicaid advantage $251.22 ↓ -69%
united medicaid advantage $256.24 ↓ -69%
sentara health medicaid advantage $258.76 ↓ -68%
humana medicaid advantage $261.27 ↓ -68%
aetna medicaid advantage $263.78 ↓ -68%
kaiser medicaid advantage $276.34 ↓ -66%
united medicare advantage $399.53 ↓ -51%
anthem medicare advantage $399.53 ↓ -51%
aetna medicare advantage $399.53 ↓ -51%
sentara health medicare advantage $407.52 ↓ -50%
kaiser medicare advantage $415.51 ↓ -49%
cigna medicare advantage $415.51 ↓ -49%
humana medicare advantage $439.48 ↓ -46%
cigna exchange $746.74 ↓ -9%
sentara health exchange $883.55 ↑ +8%
anthem exchange hmo $947.60 ↑ +16%
carefirst hmo $1,043.00 ↑ +28%
carefirst ppo $1,054.00 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $1,055.24 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $1,055.24 ↑ +29%
anthem hmo $1,092.28 ↑ +34%
anthem ppo $1,092.28 ↑ +34%
united exchange $1,147.12 ↑ +40%
sentara health ppo $1,162.45 ↑ +42%
sentara health hmo $1,162.45 ↑ +42%
kaiser hmo $1,274.52 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $1,274.52 ↑ +56%
united options $1,290.59 ↑ +58%
united nonoptions $1,290.59 ↑ +58%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↑ +85%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +123%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +168%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +213%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +213%

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Destruction mal lsn t/a/l 3.1-4cm at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $817.00 $251.22 – $1,509.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $817.00 $251.22 – $1,509.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $817.00 $251.22 – $1,509.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $817.00 $251.22 – $1,509.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $371.50 $404.56 – $2,845.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $364.50 $404.56 – $3,988.00
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $122.25 $73.07 – $864.65
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $364.50 $407.77 – $419.76

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