Ghs aspiration bladder - needle at Inova Fairfax Hospital
3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA · Inova · · NPI 1831220714
$195.50
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.
$391.00
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.
$178.69 with cigna vs $2,561.00 with aetna — 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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| cigna | exchange | $178.69 | ↓ -9% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $243.21 | ↑ +24% |
| united | medicare advantage | $243.21 | ↑ +24% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $243.21 | ↑ +24% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $248.07 | ↑ +27% |
| cigna | hmo | $252.51 | ↑ +29% |
| cigna | ppo | $252.51 | ↑ +29% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $252.94 | ↑ +29% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $252.94 | ↑ +29% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $267.53 | ↑ +37% |
| kaiser | hmo | $304.98 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | ppo | $304.98 | ↑ +56% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $575.91 | ↑ +195% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $576.84 | ↑ +195% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $587.43 | ↑ +200% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $593.19 | ↑ +203% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $598.95 | ↑ +206% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $604.71 | ↑ +209% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $633.50 | ↑ +224% |
| anthem | ppo | $664.91 | ↑ +240% |
| anthem | hmo | $664.91 | ↑ +240% |
| carefirst | hmo | $1,043.00 | ↑ +434% |
| carefirst | ppo | $1,054.00 | ↑ +439% |
| united | exchange | $1,147.12 | ↑ +487% |
| sentara health | exchange | $1,285.16 | ↑ +557% |
| united | nonoptions | $1,290.59 | ↑ +560% |
| united | options | $1,290.59 | ↑ +560% |
| innovation | fully insured | $1,509.00 | ↑ +672% |
| sentara health | ppo | $1,690.84 | ↑ +765% |
| sentara health | hmo | $1,690.84 | ↑ +765% |
| innovation | self insured | $1,822.00 | ↑ +832% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $2,190.02 | ↑ +1020% |
| aetna | ppo | $2,561.00 | ↑ +1210% |
| aetna | hmo | $2,561.00 | ↑ +1210% |
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Ghs aspiration bladder - needle at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $195.50 | $178.69 – $1,509.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $195.50 | $178.69 – $1,509.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $195.50 | $178.69 – $1,509.00 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $195.50 | $178.69 – $1,509.00 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | not published | $248.65 – $2,845.00 |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | not published | $248.65 – $3,988.00 |
| Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital | South Boston | not published | $250.62 – $257.99 |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital | Norfolk | not published | $248.65 – $5,220.00 |