G-esoph reflx tst w/electrod 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.

$516.52 with anthem vs $2,033.90 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.

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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
anthem medicaid advantage $516.52
united medicaid advantage $526.85
anthem medicare advantage $530.60
aetna medicare advantage $530.60
united medicare advantage $530.60
sentara health medicaid advantage $532.02
humana medicaid advantage $537.18
sentara health medicare advantage $541.21
aetna medicaid advantage $542.35
kaiser medicare advantage $551.82
cigna medicare advantage $551.82
kaiser medicaid advantage $568.17
humana medicare advantage $583.66
sentara health exchange $883.55
united exchange $1,147.12
sentara health ppo $1,162.45
sentara health hmo $1,162.45
anthem exchange hmo $1,258.47
united options $1,290.59
united nonoptions $1,290.59
anthem hmo $1,450.61
anthem ppo $1,450.61
carefirst hmo $1,932.76
carefirst ppo $2,033.90

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G-esoph reflx tst w/electrod at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA $8,327.29 $1,994.57 – $1,994.57
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria not published $516.52 – $1,932.76
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 not published $516.52 – $1,932.76
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg not published $516.52 – $1,932.76
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria not published $516.52 – $1,932.76
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles not published $1,994.57 – $1,994.57

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