Laps surg prst8ect rpbic rad at Inova Fairfax Hospital

3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA · Inova · · NPI 1831220714

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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.

$943.00 with carefirst vs $28,463.34 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
carefirst hmo $943.00
carefirst ppo $953.00
anthem medicaid advantage $6,511.52
united medicaid advantage $6,641.75
sentara health medicaid advantage $6,706.87
humana medicaid advantage $6,771.98
aetna medicaid advantage $6,837.10
kaiser medicaid advantage $7,162.67
aetna medicare advantage $10,411.22
united medicare advantage $10,411.22
anthem medicare advantage $10,411.22
sentara health medicare advantage $10,619.44
kaiser medicare advantage $10,827.67
cigna medicare advantage $10,827.67
humana medicare advantage $11,452.34
sentara health exchange $15,261.30
sentara health hmo $20,078.71
sentara health ppo $20,078.71
anthem exchange hmo $24,693.21
united exchange $25,009.92
united options $28,155.05
united nonoptions $28,155.05
anthem hmo $28,463.34
anthem ppo $28,463.34

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Laps surg prst8ect rpbic rad at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St Mary's Hospital Richmond $20,985.09 $10,664.59 – $10,877.88
St Francis Medical Center Midlothian $34,029.50 $10,371.37 – $10,371.37
Memorial Regional Hospital Mechanicsville $33,343.98 $10,664.59 – $10,877.88
Southside Regional Medical Center Petersburg $33,883.09 $10,371.37 – $10,578.79
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria not published $943.00 – $10,827.67
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 not published $943.00 – $10,827.67
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg not published $943.00 – $10,827.67
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria not published $943.00 – $10,827.67

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