Drainage external ear complex 69005 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

$9,006.00

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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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$18,012.00

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.

$1,509.00 with innovation vs $7,024.68 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
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↓ -83%
aetna medicare advantage $1,620.24 ↓ -82%
anthem medicare advantage $1,620.24 ↓ -82%
united medicare advantage $1,620.24 ↓ -82%
sentara health medicare advantage $1,652.64 ↓ -82%
kaiser medicare advantage $1,685.05 ↓ -81%
cigna medicare advantage $1,685.05 ↓ -81%
humana medicare advantage $1,782.26 ↓ -80%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↓ -80%
sentara health exchange $1,847.42 ↓ -79%
anthem medicaid advantage $2,047.61 ↓ -77%
united medicaid advantage $2,088.56 ↓ -77%
sentara health medicaid advantage $2,109.04 ↓ -77%
humana medicaid advantage $2,129.51 ↓ -76%
aetna medicaid advantage $2,149.99 ↓ -76%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↓ -76%
kaiser medicaid advantage $2,252.37 ↓ -75%
sentara health ppo $2,430.58 ↓ -73%
sentara health hmo $2,430.58 ↓ -73%
carefirst hmo $2,485.00 ↓ -72%
carefirst ppo $2,510.00 ↓ -72%
united exchange $2,538.64 ↓ -72%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↓ -72%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↓ -72%
united options $2,857.22 ↓ -68%
united nonoptions $2,857.22 ↓ -68%
anthem exchange hmo $3,842.86 ↓ -57%
cigna exchange $4,115.74 ↓ -54%
anthem hmo $4,429.58 ↓ -51%
anthem ppo $4,429.58 ↓ -51%
cigna ppo $5,816.07 ↓ -35%
cigna hmo $5,816.07 ↓ -35%
kaiser ppo $7,024.68 ↓ -22%
kaiser hmo $7,024.68 ↓ -22%

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Drainage external ear complex 69005 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $9,006.00 $1,509.00 – $2,485.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $9,006.00 $1,509.00 – $2,485.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $9,006.00 $1,509.00 – $2,485.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $9,006.00 $1,509.00 – $2,485.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $1,437.00 $1,643.67 – $3,276.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $2,201.00 $1,643.67 – $3,988.00
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $676.05 $142.67 – $3,867.45
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $2,876.50 $1,656.68 – $1,705.40

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