Unlisted surgical path px 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

$56.50

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.

$113.00

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.

$47.15 with anthem vs $203.70 with cigna — 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 $47.15 ↓ -17%
united medicaid advantage $48.09 ↓ -15%
sentara health medicaid advantage $48.56 ↓ -14%
humana medicaid advantage $49.04 ↓ -13%
aetna medicaid advantage $49.51 ↓ -12%
united nonoptions $50.75 ↓ -10%
united options $50.75 ↓ -10%
united exchange $50.75 ↓ -10%
kaiser medicaid advantage $51.87 ↓ -8%
anthem medicare advantage $53.43 ↓ -5%
aetna medicare advantage $53.43 ↓ -5%
united medicare advantage $53.43 ↓ -5%
sentara health medicare advantage $54.50 ↓ -4%
kaiser medicare advantage $55.57 ↓ -2%
cigna medicare advantage $55.57 ↓ -2%
humana medicare advantage $58.77 ↑ +4%
carefirst hmo $63.24 ↑ +12%
aetna hmo $64.17 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $64.17 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $67.35 ↑ +19%
carefirst ppo $70.36 ↑ +25%
innovation self insured $71.09 ↑ +26%
innovation fully insured $71.09 ↑ +26%
kaiser ppo $88.14 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $88.14 ↑ +56%
anthem exchange hmo $126.72 ↑ +124%
anthem hmo $146.07 ↑ +159%
anthem ppo $146.07 ↑ +159%
cigna hmo $203.70 ↑ +261%
cigna exchange $203.70 ↑ +261%
cigna ppo $203.70 ↑ +261%

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Unlisted surgical path px at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $56.50 $47.15 – $71.09
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $56.50 $47.15 – $71.09
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $56.50 $47.15 – $71.09
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $56.50 $47.15 – $71.09
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $49.76 – $280.90
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $49.76 – $222.48
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $49.76 – $211.68
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $49.76 – $213.47

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