ER Visit (level 4) at Inova Fairfax Hospital
3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA · Inova · · NPI 1831220714
$1,458.50
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.
$2,917.00
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.
$425.82 with anthem vs $4,493.00 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 | medicare advantage | $425.82 | ↓ -71% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $425.82 | ↓ -71% |
| united | medicare advantage | $425.82 | ↓ -71% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $434.34 | ↓ -70% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $442.85 | ↓ -70% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $442.85 | ↓ -70% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $468.40 | ↓ -68% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $1,009.95 | ↓ -31% |
| anthem | ppo | $1,164.15 | ↓ -20% |
| anthem | hmo | $1,164.15 | ↓ -20% |
| aetna | ppo | $1,656.56 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | hmo | $1,656.56 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $1,738.53 | ↑ +19% |
| kaiser | ppo | $2,275.26 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | hmo | $2,275.26 | ↑ +56% |
| united | exchange | $2,534.70 | ↑ +74% |
| cigna | exchange | $2,893.00 | ↑ +98% |
| sentara health | exchange | $3,132.58 | ↑ +115% |
| innovation | fully insured | $3,145.00 | ↑ +116% |
| united | options | $3,193.00 | ↑ +119% |
| united | nonoptions | $3,193.00 | ↑ +119% |
| innovation | self insured | $3,796.00 | ↑ +160% |
| cigna | hmo | $4,045.00 | ↑ +177% |
| cigna | ppo | $4,045.00 | ↑ +177% |
| carefirst | hmo | $4,114.00 | ↑ +182% |
| sentara health | hmo | $4,121.42 | ↑ +183% |
| sentara health | ppo | $4,121.42 | ↑ +183% |
| carefirst | ppo | $4,493.00 | ↑ +208% |
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ER Visit (level 4) at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $1,458.50 | $425.82 – $4,045.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $1,458.50 | $425.82 – $4,045.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $1,458.50 | $425.82 – $4,045.00 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $1,458.50 | $425.82 – $4,045.00 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $300.30 | $407.12 – $887.51 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $300.30 | $407.12 – $887.51 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $631.00 | $415.26 – $427.47 |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | $909.50 | $415.26 – $427.47 |