MRI fetal sngl/1st gestation 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

$537.00

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.

$1,074.00

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 aetna vs $4,160.78 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
aetna medicare advantage $241.72 ↓ -55%
anthem medicare advantage $241.72 ↓ -55%
united medicare advantage $241.72 ↓ -55%
sentara health medicare advantage $246.55 ↓ -54%
kaiser medicare advantage $251.39 ↓ -53%
cigna medicare advantage $251.39 ↓ -53%
humana medicare advantage $265.89 ↓ -50%
anthem medicaid advantage $345.07 ↓ -36%
united medicaid advantage $351.97 ↓ -34%
sentara health medicaid advantage $355.42 ↓ -34%
humana medicaid advantage $358.87 ↓ -33%
aetna medicaid advantage $362.32 ↓ -33%
kaiser medicaid advantage $379.58 ↓ -29%
united options $528.75 ↓ -2%
united exchange $528.75 ↓ -2%
united nonoptions $528.75 ↓ -2%
anthem exchange hmo $573.31 ↑ +7%
anthem hmo $660.84 ↑ +23%
anthem ppo $660.84 ↑ +23%
carefirst hmo $837.03 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $837.72 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $837.72 ↑ +56%
carefirst ppo $908.15 ↑ +69%
sentara health exchange $1,686.78 ↑ +214%
innovation fully insured $2,149.00 ↑ +300%
sentara health ppo $2,219.23 ↑ +313%
sentara health hmo $2,219.23 ↑ +313%
aetna fannie-mae $2,247.51 ↑ +319%
innovation self insured $2,589.00 ↑ +382%
aetna hmo $2,629.00 ↑ +390%
aetna ppo $2,629.00 ↑ +390%
cigna exchange $4,160.78 ↑ +675%
cigna hmo $4,160.78 ↑ +675%
cigna ppo $4,160.78 ↑ +675%

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MRI fetal sngl/1st gestation at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $537.00 $241.72 – $2,149.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $537.00 $241.72 – $2,149.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $537.00 $241.72 – $2,149.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $537.00 $241.72 – $2,149.00
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $7,584.00 $426.95 – $517.79
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $517.79 – $716.85
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $517.79 – $586.58
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $484.67 – $517.79

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