Ultraviolet therapy 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

$24.00

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.

$48.00

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.

$9.28 with anthem vs $570.62 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 exchange hmo $9.28 ↓ -61%
anthem ppo $9.28 ↓ -61%
anthem hmo $9.28 ↓ -61%
cigna exchange $21.40 ↓ -11%
aetna ppo $27.26 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $27.26 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $28.61 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $30.20 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $30.20 ↑ +26%
cigna hmo $31.00 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $31.00 ↑ +29%
kaiser ppo $37.44 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $37.44 ↑ +56%
anthem medicaid advantage $40.32 ↑ +68%
united medicaid advantage $41.13 ↑ +71%
sentara health medicaid advantage $41.53 ↑ +73%
humana medicaid advantage $41.93 ↑ +75%
aetna medicaid advantage $42.34 ↑ +76%
kaiser medicaid advantage $44.35 ↑ +85%
carefirst hmo $51.80 ↑ +116%
carefirst ppo $52.91 ↑ +120%
sentara health exchange $120.48 ↑ +402%
sentara health hmo $158.52 ↑ +561%
sentara health ppo $158.52 ↑ +561%
united exchange $453.60 ↑ +1790%
united options $570.62 ↑ +2278%
united nonoptions $570.62 ↑ +2278%

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Ultraviolet therapy at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $24.00 $9.28 – $51.80
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $24.00 $9.28 – $51.80
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $24.00 $9.28 – $51.80
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $24.00 $9.28 – $51.80
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $6.74 – $8.73
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $6.74 – $11.73
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $6.74 – $9.30
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $5.95 – $9.30

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