Ghs picc line insert < 5 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

$1,790.00

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.

$3,580.00

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.

$1,285.16 with sentara health vs $4,246.96 with anthem — 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
sentara health exchange $1,285.16 ↓ -28%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↓ -16%
united medicare advantage $1,553.44 ↓ -13%
anthem medicare advantage $1,553.44 ↓ -13%
aetna medicare advantage $1,553.44 ↓ -13%
sentara health medicare advantage $1,584.51 ↓ -11%
cigna medicare advantage $1,615.58 ↓ -10%
kaiser medicare advantage $1,615.58 ↓ -10%
sentara health ppo $1,690.84 ↓ -6%
sentara health hmo $1,690.84 ↓ -6%
anthem medicaid advantage $1,694.84 ↓ -5%
humana medicare advantage $1,708.78 ↓ -5%
united medicaid advantage $1,728.74 ↓ -3%
united exchange $1,744.08 ↓ -3%
sentara health medicaid advantage $1,745.69 ↓ -2%
humana medicaid advantage $1,762.63 ↓ -2%
aetna medicaid advantage $1,779.58 ↓ -1%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +2%
kaiser medicaid advantage $1,864.32 ↑ +4%
united nonoptions $1,963.18 ↑ +10%
united options $1,963.18 ↑ +10%
cigna exchange $2,067.00 ↑ +15%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +22%
carefirst hmo $2,485.00 ↑ +39%
carefirst ppo $2,510.00 ↑ +40%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +43%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +43%
cigna ppo $2,678.00 ↑ +50%
cigna hmo $2,678.00 ↑ +50%
kaiser hmo $2,792.40 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $2,792.40 ↑ +56%
anthem exchange hmo $3,684.43 ↑ +106%
anthem ppo $4,246.96 ↑ +137%
anthem hmo $4,246.96 ↑ +137%

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Ghs picc line insert < 5 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,790.00 $1,285.16 – $2,485.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,790.00 $1,285.16 – $2,485.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,790.00 $1,285.16 – $2,485.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,790.00 $1,285.16 – $2,485.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $514.50 $976.29 – $3,348.22
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $514.50 $1,497.76 – $3,348.22
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $2,019.50 $1,010.00 – $1,612.67
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $2,161.00 $1,377.00 – $2,603.00

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