Injection jugular 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

$751.00

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.

$1,502.00

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.

$686.41 with cigna vs $1,290.59 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
cigna exchange $686.41 ↓ -9%
carefirst hmo $826.10 ↑ +10%
aetna hmo $852.99 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $852.99 ↑ +14%
carefirst ppo $871.16 ↑ +16%
sentara health exchange $883.55 ↑ +18%
anthem medicaid advantage $892.90 ↑ +19%
aetna fannie-mae $895.19 ↑ +19%
united medicaid advantage $910.76 ↑ +21%
sentara health medicaid advantage $919.69 ↑ +22%
humana medicaid advantage $928.62 ↑ +24%
aetna medicaid advantage $937.55 ↑ +25%
innovation self insured $944.91 ↑ +26%
innovation fully insured $944.91 ↑ +26%
cigna ppo $969.99 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $969.99 ↑ +29%
kaiser medicaid advantage $982.19 ↑ +31%
united exchange $1,147.12 ↑ +53%
sentara health ppo $1,162.45 ↑ +55%
sentara health hmo $1,162.45 ↑ +55%
kaiser hmo $1,171.56 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $1,171.56 ↑ +56%
united options $1,290.59 ↑ +72%
united nonoptions $1,290.59 ↑ +72%

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Injection jugular at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $751.00 $686.41 – $982.19
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $751.00 $686.41 – $982.19
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $751.00 $686.41 – $982.19
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $751.00 $686.41 – $982.19
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $511.00 – $511.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $484.00 – $3,988.00
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk not published $2,350.00 – $5,220.00
Sentara CarePlex Hospital Hampton not published $2,350.00 – $2,350.00

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