Electrophysiology evaluation 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

$1,017.00

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.

$2,034.00

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.

$883.55 with sentara health vs $28,763.78 with united — 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
sentara health exchange $883.55 ↓ -13%
carefirst hmo $1,118.70 ↑ +10%
aetna hmo $1,155.11 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $1,155.11 ↑ +14%
sentara health ppo $1,162.45 ↑ +14%
sentara health hmo $1,162.45 ↑ +14%
carefirst ppo $1,179.72 ↑ +16%
aetna fannie-mae $1,212.26 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $1,279.59 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $1,279.59 ↑ +26%
kaiser ppo $1,586.52 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $1,586.52 ↑ +56%
anthem medicaid advantage $9,814.25 ↑ +865%
united medicaid advantage $10,010.54 ↑ +884%
sentara health medicaid advantage $10,108.68 ↑ +894%
humana medicaid advantage $10,206.82 ↑ +904%
aetna medicaid advantage $10,304.96 ↑ +913%
kaiser medicaid advantage $10,795.68 ↑ +962%
cigna exchange $14,366.00 ↑ +1313%
cigna hmo $18,613.00 ↑ +1730%
cigna ppo $18,613.00 ↑ +1730%
united exchange $25,550.72 ↑ +2412%
united nonoptions $28,763.78 ↑ +2728%
united options $28,763.78 ↑ +2728%

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Electrophysiology evaluation at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,017.00 $883.55 – $14,366.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,017.00 $883.55 – $14,366.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,017.00 $883.55 – $14,366.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,017.00 $883.55 – $14,366.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $564.50 not published
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $1,422.50 $484.00 – $484.00
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $1,365.50 not published
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $1,422.50 $25,050.00 – $25,050.00

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