Insert swan-ganz cath at Inova Fairfax Hospital
3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA · Inova · · NPI 1831220714
$1,028.50
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.
$2,057.00
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.
$529.18 with carefirst vs $10,523.00 with cigna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| carefirst | hmo | $529.18 | ↓ -49% |
| carefirst | ppo | $556.86 | ↓ -46% |
| sentara health | exchange | $1,285.16 | ↑ +25% |
| united | medicare advantage | $1,553.44 | ↑ +51% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $1,553.44 | ↑ +51% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $1,553.44 | ↑ +51% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $1,584.51 | ↑ +54% |
| kaiser | ppo | $1,604.46 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | hmo | $1,604.46 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $1,615.58 | ↑ +57% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $1,615.58 | ↑ +57% |
| sentara health | hmo | $1,690.84 | ↑ +64% |
| sentara health | ppo | $1,690.84 | ↑ +64% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $1,694.84 | ↑ +65% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $1,708.78 | ↑ +66% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $1,728.74 | ↑ +68% |
| united | exchange | $1,744.08 | ↑ +70% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $1,745.69 | ↑ +70% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $1,762.63 | ↑ +71% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $1,779.58 | ↑ +73% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $1,864.32 | ↑ +81% |
| united | options | $1,963.18 | ↑ +91% |
| united | nonoptions | $1,963.18 | ↑ +91% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $3,684.43 | ↑ +258% |
| anthem | ppo | $4,246.96 | ↑ +313% |
| anthem | hmo | $4,246.96 | ↑ +313% |
| cigna | exchange | $8,122.00 | ↑ +690% |
| innovation | fully insured | $8,206.00 | ↑ +698% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $8,708.87 | ↑ +747% |
| innovation | self insured | $9,898.00 | ↑ +862% |
| aetna | ppo | $10,186.00 | ↑ +890% |
| aetna | hmo | $10,186.00 | ↑ +890% |
| cigna | ppo | $10,523.00 | ↑ +923% |
| cigna | hmo | $10,523.00 | ↑ +923% |
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Insert swan-ganz cath at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $1,028.50 | $529.18 – $8,206.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $1,028.50 | $529.18 – $8,206.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $1,028.50 | $529.18 – $8,206.00 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $1,028.50 | $529.18 – $8,206.00 |
| RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER | VIENNA | not published | $546.10 – $546.10 |
| STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER | Dulles | not published | $546.10 – $546.10 |