MRA pelvis wo IV cont 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

$730.00

Cash price

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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.

$1,460.00

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.

$241.72 with anthem vs $2,951.33 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.

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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
anthem medicare advantage $241.72 ↓ -67%
united medicare advantage $241.72 ↓ -67%
aetna medicare advantage $241.72 ↓ -67%
sentara health medicare advantage $246.55 ↓ -66%
cigna medicare advantage $251.39 ↓ -66%
kaiser medicare advantage $251.39 ↓ -66%
humana medicare advantage $265.89 ↓ -64%
united nonoptions $528.75 ↓ -28%
united options $528.75 ↓ -28%
united exchange $528.75 ↓ -28%
anthem exchange hmo $573.31 ↓ -21%
anthem ppo $660.84 ↓ -9%
anthem hmo $660.84 ↓ -9%
anthem medicaid advantage $735.46 ↑ +1%
united medicaid advantage $750.17 ↑ +3%
sentara health medicaid advantage $757.52 ↑ +4%
humana medicaid advantage $764.88 ↑ +5%
aetna medicaid advantage $772.23 ↑ +6%
kaiser medicaid advantage $809.01 ↑ +11%
carefirst hmo $824.79 ↑ +13%
carefirst ppo $894.87 ↑ +23%
kaiser ppo $1,138.80 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $1,138.80 ↑ +56%
sentara health exchange $1,686.78 ↑ +131%
innovation fully insured $2,149.00 ↑ +194%
sentara health ppo $2,219.23 ↑ +204%
sentara health hmo $2,219.23 ↑ +204%
aetna fannie-mae $2,247.51 ↑ +208%
innovation self insured $2,589.00 ↑ +255%
aetna hmo $2,629.00 ↑ +260%
aetna ppo $2,629.00 ↑ +260%
cigna exchange $2,951.33 ↑ +304%
cigna hmo $2,951.33 ↑ +304%
cigna ppo $2,951.33 ↑ +304%

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MRA pelvis wo IV cont at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $730.00 $241.72 – $2,149.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $730.00 $241.72 – $2,149.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $730.00 $241.72 – $2,149.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $730.00 $241.72 – $2,149.00
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $4,144.00 $517.79 – $517.79
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $7,353.00 $517.79 – $517.79
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $4,144.00 $517.79 – $517.79
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg $5,916.52 $517.79 – $517.79

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