Replace tunneled cv cath 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

$3,564.50

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.

$7,129.00

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.

$1,062.77 with anthem vs $8,879.63 with united — 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 medicaid advantage $1,062.77 ↓ -70%
united medicaid advantage $1,084.03 ↓ -70%
sentara health medicaid advantage $1,094.65 ↓ -69%
humana medicaid advantage $1,105.28 ↓ -69%
aetna medicaid advantage $1,115.91 ↓ -69%
kaiser medicaid advantage $1,169.05 ↓ -67%
innovation fully insured $2,149.00 ↓ -40%
innovation self insured $2,589.00 ↓ -27%
cigna exchange $2,763.00 ↓ -22%
aetna fannie-mae $3,116.15 ↓ -13%
anthem medicare advantage $3,147.50 ↓ -12%
united medicare advantage $3,147.50 ↓ -12%
aetna medicare advantage $3,147.50 ↓ -12%
sentara health medicare advantage $3,210.45 ↓ -10%
kaiser medicare advantage $3,273.40 ↓ -8%
cigna medicare advantage $3,273.40 ↓ -8%
humana medicare advantage $3,462.25 ↓ -3%
cigna ppo $3,580.00 ↑ +0%
cigna hmo $3,580.00 ↑ +0%
aetna hmo $3,645.00 ↑ +2%
aetna ppo $3,645.00 ↑ +2%
carefirst hmo $4,413.00 ↑ +24%
carefirst ppo $4,455.00 ↑ +25%
kaiser ppo $5,560.62 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $5,560.62 ↑ +56%
sentara health exchange $5,622.58 ↑ +58%
sentara health hmo $7,397.42 ↑ +108%
sentara health ppo $7,397.42 ↑ +108%
anthem exchange hmo $7,465.20 ↑ +109%
united exchange $7,887.36 ↑ +121%
anthem hmo $8,604.97 ↑ +141%
anthem ppo $8,604.97 ↑ +141%
united nonoptions $8,879.63 ↑ +149%
united options $8,879.63 ↑ +149%

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Replace tunneled cv cath at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $3,564.50 $1,062.77 – $4,413.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $3,564.50 $1,062.77 – $4,413.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $3,564.50 $1,062.77 – $4,413.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $3,564.50 $1,062.77 – $4,413.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $1,924.50 $1,571.00 – $8,246.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $2,059.00 $3,142.32 – $3,486.00
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $820.95 $967.36 – $6,715.94
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $2,691.00 $3,167.20 – $3,260.35

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