Nasal/sinus endoscopy surg w/bx 31237 at Inova Fairfax Hospital

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

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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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Gross charge

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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.

$1,724.47 with aetna vs $4,714.56 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

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

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 $1,724.47
anthem medicare advantage $1,724.47
united medicare advantage $1,724.47
sentara health medicare advantage $1,758.96
kaiser medicare advantage $1,793.45
cigna medicare advantage $1,793.45
sentara health exchange $1,847.42
humana medicare advantage $1,896.92
innovation fully insured $2,149.00
sentara health hmo $2,430.58
sentara health ppo $2,430.58
united exchange $2,538.64
innovation self insured $2,589.00
anthem medicaid advantage $2,751.49
cigna exchange $2,763.00
united medicaid advantage $2,806.52
sentara health medicaid advantage $2,834.03
united options $2,857.22
united nonoptions $2,857.22
humana medicaid advantage $2,861.55
aetna medicaid advantage $2,889.06
kaiser medicaid advantage $3,026.64
aetna fannie-mae $3,116.15
carefirst hmo $3,529.00
carefirst ppo $3,563.00
cigna hmo $3,580.00
cigna ppo $3,580.00
aetna ppo $3,645.00
aetna hmo $3,645.00
anthem exchange hmo $4,090.09
anthem ppo $4,714.56
anthem hmo $4,714.56

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Nasal/sinus endoscopy surg w/bx 31237 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $2,709.50 $1,571.00 – $3,276.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $3,427.50 $1,771.35 – $3,486.00
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $3,808.00 $1,785.37 – $1,837.89
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $3,427.50 $1,771.35 – $4,564.00
Sentara RMH Medical Center Harrisonburg $2,709.50 $1,771.35 – $1,823.45
Sentara CarePlex Hospital Hampton $3,427.50 $1,771.35 – $1,823.45
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Norfolk $3,427.50 $1,771.35 – $4,564.00
Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Virginia Beach $3,427.50 $1,771.35 – $4,564.00

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