Nm imaging bone/joint 3 phase study 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

$1,725.50

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.

$3,451.00

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.

$401.83 with anthem vs $2,691.78 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
anthem medicare advantage $401.83 ↓ -77%
united medicare advantage $401.83 ↓ -77%
aetna medicare advantage $401.83 ↓ -77%
sentara health medicare advantage $409.87 ↓ -76%
kaiser medicare advantage $417.90 ↓ -76%
cigna medicare advantage $417.90 ↓ -76%
humana medicare advantage $442.01 ↓ -74%
anthem medicaid advantage $531.39 ↓ -69%
united medicaid advantage $542.02 ↓ -69%
sentara health medicaid advantage $547.33 ↓ -68%
humana medicaid advantage $552.65 ↓ -68%
aetna medicaid advantage $557.96 ↓ -68%
kaiser medicaid advantage $584.53 ↓ -66%
united exchange $866.23 ↓ -50%
united options $866.23 ↓ -50%
united nonoptions $866.23 ↓ -50%
carefirst hmo $872.47 ↓ -49%
carefirst ppo $946.60 ↓ -45%
anthem exchange hmo $953.06 ↓ -45%
anthem hmo $1,098.57 ↓ -36%
anthem ppo $1,098.57 ↓ -36%
cigna exchange $1,538.46 ↓ -11%
sentara health exchange $1,946.67 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $1,959.82 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $1,959.82 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $2,056.80 ↑ +19%
cigna ppo $2,228.66 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $2,228.66 ↑ +29%
innovation fully insured $2,274.21 ↑ +32%
innovation self insured $2,274.21 ↑ +32%
sentara health ppo $2,561.16 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $2,561.16 ↑ +48%
kaiser hmo $2,691.78 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $2,691.78 ↑ +56%

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Nm imaging bone/joint 3 phase study at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $3,660.00 $237.95 – $848.52
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,725.50 $401.83 – $2,274.21
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,725.50 $401.83 – $2,274.21
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,725.50 $401.83 – $2,274.21
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,725.50 $401.83 – $2,274.21
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $4,620.00 $141.72 – $1,747.19
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $6,468.00 $194.71 – $848.52
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $7,021.00 $160.88 – $848.52

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