Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at Inova Fairfax Hospital
3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA · Inova · · NPI 1831220714
$381.00
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.
$762.00
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.
$70.76 with anthem vs $641.93 with carefirst — 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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| anthem | exchange hmo | $70.76 | ↓ -81% |
| anthem | hmo | $70.76 | ↓ -81% |
| anthem | ppo | $70.76 | ↓ -81% |
| sentara health | exchange | $120.48 | ↓ -68% |
| sentara health | ppo | $158.52 | ↓ -58% |
| sentara health | hmo | $158.52 | ↓ -58% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $266.70 | ↓ -30% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $272.03 | ↓ -29% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $274.70 | ↓ -28% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $277.37 | ↓ -27% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $280.04 | ↓ -26% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $293.37 | ↓ -23% |
| cigna | exchange | $339.70 | ↓ -11% |
| aetna | hmo | $432.74 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | ppo | $432.74 | ↑ +14% |
| united | exchange | $453.60 | ↑ +19% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $454.15 | ↑ +19% |
| innovation | self insured | $479.37 | ↑ +26% |
| innovation | fully insured | $479.37 | ↑ +26% |
| cigna | ppo | $492.10 | ↑ +29% |
| cigna | hmo | $492.10 | ↑ +29% |
| united | options | $570.62 | ↑ +50% |
| united | nonoptions | $570.62 | ↑ +50% |
| kaiser | ppo | $594.36 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | hmo | $594.36 | ↑ +56% |
| carefirst | hmo | $610.02 | ↑ +60% |
| carefirst | ppo | $641.93 | ↑ +68% |
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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $381.00 | $70.76 – $610.02 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $381.00 | $70.76 – $610.02 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $381.00 | $70.76 – $610.02 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $381.00 | $70.76 – $610.02 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | $1,055.00 | $162.09 – $274.21 |
| LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER | ROANOKE | $1,019.00 | $162.09 – $217.34 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | not published | $162.09 – $210.34 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | not published | $162.09 – $217.34 |