Fragmenting of kidney stone 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

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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.

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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.

$3,448.97 with aetna vs $13,153.10 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
aetna medicare advantage $3,448.97 —
united medicare advantage $3,448.97 —
anthem medicare advantage $3,448.97 —
sentara health medicare advantage $3,517.95 —
kaiser medicare advantage $3,586.93 —
cigna medicare advantage $3,586.93 —
humana medicare advantage $3,793.87 —
anthem medicaid advantage $4,215.23 —
united medicaid advantage $4,299.53 —
sentara health medicaid advantage $4,341.69 —
humana medicaid advantage $4,383.84 —
aetna medicaid advantage $4,425.99 —
innovation fully insured $4,588.00 —
kaiser medicaid advantage $4,636.75 —
innovation self insured $5,534.00 —
aetna fannie-mae $6,667.96 —
carefirst hmo $6,895.00 —
carefirst ppo $6,962.00 —
aetna ppo $7,799.00 —
aetna hmo $7,799.00 —
anthem exchange hmo $8,180.22 —
cigna exchange $8,545.00 —
sentara health exchange $8,674.84 —
anthem ppo $9,429.17 —
anthem hmo $9,429.17 —
cigna ppo $11,070.00 —
cigna hmo $11,070.00 —
sentara health ppo $11,413.16 —
sentara health hmo $11,413.16 —
united exchange $11,683.36 —
united nonoptions $13,153.10 —
united options $13,153.10 —

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Fragmenting of kidney stone at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St Mary's Hospital Richmond $11,907.93 $3,536.51 – $3,607.24
Mary Immaculate Hospital Newport News $15,576.00 not published
Southside Regional Medical Center Petersburg $12,305.97 $3,439.27 – $3,508.06
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria not published $3,448.97 – $6,895.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 not published $3,448.97 – $6,895.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg not published $3,448.97 – $6,895.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria not published $3,448.97 – $6,895.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $3,508.06 – $13,397.00

All Virginia hospitals for this procedure →