Mr safety implant&/fb assmt clin staff ea add 30 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

$18.50

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.

$37.00

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.

$16.49 with cigna vs $28.86 with kaiser — 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 $16.49 ↓ -11%
carefirst hmo $20.35 ↑ +10%
united exchange $20.73 ↑ +12%
aetna ppo $21.01 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $21.01 ↑ +14%
carefirst ppo $21.46 ↑ +16%
aetna fannie-mae $22.05 ↑ +19%
cigna ppo $23.89 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $23.89 ↑ +29%
innovation fully insured $24.38 ↑ +32%
innovation self insured $24.38 ↑ +32%
united options $25.42 ↑ +37%
united nonoptions $25.42 ↑ +37%
kaiser hmo $28.86 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $28.86 ↑ +56%

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Mr safety implant&/fb assmt clin staff ea add 30 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $18.50 $16.49 – $28.86
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $18.50 $16.49 – $28.86
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $18.50 $16.49 – $28.86
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $18.50 $16.49 – $28.86
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $284.12 – $284.12
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $169.22 – $169.22
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $232.49 – $232.49
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $192.10 – $192.10

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