Pre-op service lvrs complete at Inova Fairfax Hospital
3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA · Inova · · NPI 1831220714
$5,072.00
Cash price 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.
$10,144.00
Gross charge 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.
$147.00 with united vs $7,912.32 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| united | exchange | $147.00 | ↓ -97% |
| united | options | $189.00 | ↓ -96% |
| united | nonoptions | $189.00 | ↓ -96% |
| sentara health | exchange | $401.61 | ↓ -92% |
| sentara health | ppo | $528.39 | ↓ -90% |
| sentara health | hmo | $528.39 | ↓ -90% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $530.60 | ↓ -90% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $530.60 | ↓ -90% |
| united | medicare advantage | $530.60 | ↓ -90% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $541.21 | ↓ -89% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $551.82 | ↓ -89% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $551.82 | ↓ -89% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $583.66 | ↓ -88% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $1,258.47 | ↓ -75% |
| anthem | hmo | $1,450.61 | ↓ -71% |
| anthem | ppo | $1,450.61 | ↓ -71% |
| cigna | exchange | $4,522.20 | ↓ -11% |
| carefirst | hmo | $5,579.20 | ↑ +10% |
| carefirst | ppo | $5,883.52 | ↑ +16% |
| cigna | ppo | $6,551.00 | ↑ +29% |
| cigna | hmo | $6,551.00 | ↑ +29% |
| kaiser | ppo | $7,912.32 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | hmo | $7,912.32 | ↑ +56% |
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Pre-op service lvrs complete at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $5,072.00 | $152.00 – $5,579.20 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $5,072.00 | $152.00 – $5,579.20 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $5,072.00 | $152.00 – $5,579.20 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $5,072.00 | $152.00 – $5,579.20 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | not published | $371.37 – $382.29 |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | not published | $371.37 – $382.29 |
| Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital | South Boston | not published | $374.31 – $385.31 |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital | Norfolk | not published | $371.37 – $382.29 |