Ear cartilage graft at Inova Fairfax Hospital
3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA · Inova · · NPI 1831220714
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$1,847.42 with sentara health vs $16,172.88 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| sentara health | exchange | $1,847.42 | — |
| sentara health | ppo | $2,430.58 | — |
| sentara health | hmo | $2,430.58 | — |
| united | exchange | $2,538.64 | — |
| united | options | $2,857.22 | — |
| united | nonoptions | $2,857.22 | — |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $3,814.96 | — |
| united | medicaid advantage | $3,891.26 | — |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $3,929.41 | — |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $3,967.56 | — |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $4,005.71 | — |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $4,196.46 | — |
| innovation | fully insured | $4,817.00 | — |
| innovation | self insured | $5,809.00 | — |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $5,915.66 | — |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $5,915.66 | — |
| united | medicare advantage | $5,915.66 | — |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $6,033.97 | — |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $6,152.29 | — |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $6,152.29 | — |
| cigna | exchange | $6,440.00 | — |
| humana | medicare advantage | $6,507.23 | — |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $7,003.02 | — |
| aetna | hmo | $8,191.00 | — |
| aetna | ppo | $8,191.00 | — |
| carefirst | hmo | $8,272.00 | — |
| cigna | hmo | $8,343.00 | — |
| cigna | ppo | $8,343.00 | — |
| carefirst | ppo | $8,352.00 | — |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $14,030.69 | — |
| anthem | ppo | $16,172.88 | — |
| anthem | hmo | $16,172.88 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ear cartilage graft at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Maryview Hospital | Portsmouth | $33,249.73 | $5,775.89 – $5,775.89 |
| St Mary's Hospital | Richmond | $25,103.21 | $5,939.19 – $6,057.97 |
| Southside Regional Medical Center | Petersburg | $20,052.81 | $5,775.89 – $5,775.89 |
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | not published | $1,847.42 – $8,272.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | not published | $1,847.42 – $8,272.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | not published | $1,847.42 – $8,272.00 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | not published | $1,847.42 – $8,272.00 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | not published | $3,276.00 – $6,050.24 |