Fat/lipids feces qualitative 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

$26.00

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.

$52.00

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.

$5.10 with united vs $40.56 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
united options $5.10 ↓ -80%
united exchange $5.10 ↓ -80%
anthem ppo $5.10 ↓ -80%
united nonoptions $5.10 ↓ -80%
anthem hmo $5.10 ↓ -80%
anthem exchange hmo $5.10 ↓ -80%
anthem medicare advantage $5.10 ↓ -80%
united medicare advantage $5.10 ↓ -80%
aetna medicare advantage $5.10 ↓ -80%
sentara health medicare advantage $5.20 ↓ -80%
kaiser medicare advantage $5.30 ↓ -80%
cigna medicare advantage $5.30 ↓ -80%
humana medicare advantage $5.61 ↓ -78%
anthem medicaid advantage $6.47 ↓ -75%
united medicaid advantage $6.60 ↓ -75%
sentara health medicaid advantage $6.66 ↓ -74%
humana medicaid advantage $6.73 ↓ -74%
aetna medicaid advantage $6.79 ↓ -74%
kaiser medicaid advantage $7.12 ↓ -73%
sentara health exchange $11.27 ↓ -57%
sentara health ppo $14.82 ↓ -43%
sentara health hmo $14.82 ↓ -43%
cigna hmo $20.75 ↓ -20%
cigna exchange $20.75 ↓ -20%
cigna ppo $20.75 ↓ -20%
aetna hmo $29.53 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $29.53 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $30.99 ↑ +19%
carefirst hmo $32.21 ↑ +24%
innovation fully insured $32.71 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $32.71 ↑ +26%
carefirst ppo $35.83 ↑ +38%
kaiser hmo $40.56 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $40.56 ↑ +56%

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Fat/lipids feces qualitative at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $275.00 $4.44 – $7.39
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $26.00 $5.10 – $32.71
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $26.00 $5.10 – $32.71
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $26.00 $5.10 – $32.71
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $26.00 $5.10 – $32.71
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $358.00 $4.44 – $22.80
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $193.00 $4.44 – $5.46
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $228.00 $3.92 – $5.46

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