Rbc count only automated 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

$15.50

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.

$31.00

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.

$3.02 with united vs $24.18 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
united options $3.02 ↓ -81%
united nonoptions $3.02 ↓ -81%
anthem hmo $3.02 ↓ -81%
anthem medicare advantage $3.02 ↓ -81%
anthem exchange hmo $3.02 ↓ -81%
anthem ppo $3.02 ↓ -81%
aetna medicare advantage $3.02 ↓ -81%
united medicare advantage $3.02 ↓ -81%
united exchange $3.02 ↓ -81%
sentara health medicare advantage $3.08 ↓ -80%
cigna medicare advantage $3.14 ↓ -80%
kaiser medicare advantage $3.14 ↓ -80%
humana medicare advantage $3.32 ↓ -79%
sentara health exchange $6.67 ↓ -57%
anthem medicaid advantage $7.09 ↓ -54%
united medicaid advantage $7.23 ↓ -53%
sentara health medicaid advantage $7.30 ↓ -53%
humana medicaid advantage $7.37 ↓ -52%
aetna medicaid advantage $7.44 ↓ -52%
kaiser medicaid advantage $7.80 ↓ -50%
sentara health hmo $8.78 ↓ -43%
sentara health ppo $8.78 ↓ -43%
cigna ppo $12.25 ↓ -21%
cigna hmo $12.25 ↓ -21%
cigna exchange $12.25 ↓ -21%
aetna hmo $17.60 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $17.60 ↑ +14%
carefirst hmo $18.21 ↑ +17%
aetna fannie-mae $18.48 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $19.50 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $19.50 ↑ +26%
carefirst ppo $20.26 ↑ +31%
kaiser hmo $24.18 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $24.18 ↑ +56%

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Rbc count only automated at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $15.50 $3.02 – $19.50
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $15.50 $3.02 – $19.50
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $15.50 $3.02 – $19.50
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $15.50 $3.02 – $19.50
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $193.00 $2.63 – $3.23
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $117.00 $2.32 – $3.23
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $139.00 $2.63 – $4.38
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA $159.50 $3.02 – $16.32

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