Ultrasound joint/nonvascular extremity limited left 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

$455.00

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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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$910.00

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.

$106.34 with anthem vs $709.80 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 $106.34 ↓ -77%
united medicare advantage $106.34 ↓ -77%
aetna medicare advantage $106.34 ↓ -77%
sentara health medicare advantage $108.47 ↓ -76%
kaiser medicare advantage $110.59 ↓ -76%
cigna medicare advantage $110.59 ↓ -76%
humana medicare advantage $116.97 ↓ -74%
anthem medicaid advantage $156.92 ↓ -66%
united medicaid advantage $160.06 ↓ -65%
sentara health medicaid advantage $161.63 ↓ -64%
humana medicaid advantage $163.20 ↓ -64%
aetna medicaid advantage $164.77 ↓ -64%
kaiser medicaid advantage $172.61 ↓ -62%
united exchange $250.18 ↓ -45%
united options $250.18 ↓ -45%
united nonoptions $250.18 ↓ -45%
anthem exchange hmo $252.22 ↓ -45%
anthem hmo $290.73 ↓ -36%
anthem ppo $290.73 ↓ -36%
carefirst hmo $309.12 ↓ -32%
carefirst ppo $335.39 ↓ -26%
cigna exchange $405.68 ↓ -11%
sentara health exchange $513.32 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $516.79 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $516.79 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $542.36 ↑ +19%
cigna ppo $587.68 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $587.68 ↑ +29%
innovation fully insured $599.69 ↑ +32%
innovation self insured $599.69 ↑ +32%
sentara health ppo $675.36 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $675.36 ↑ +48%
kaiser hmo $709.80 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $709.80 ↑ +56%

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Ultrasound joint/nonvascular extremity limited left at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $256.00 $165.47 – $245.18
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $455.00 $106.34 – $599.69
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $455.00 $106.34 – $599.69
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $455.00 $106.34 – $599.69
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $455.00 $106.34 – $599.69
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $307.00 $135.40 – $245.18
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $1,352.00 $111.88 – $245.18
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg $1,552.72 $82.46 – $245.18

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