Warde immunofixation electrophoresis urine 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

$203.50

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.

$407.00

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.

$29.35 with aetna vs $317.46 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
aetna medicare advantage $29.35 ↓ -86%
united medicare advantage $29.35 ↓ -86%
united options $29.35 ↓ -86%
united nonoptions $29.35 ↓ -86%
united exchange $29.35 ↓ -86%
anthem hmo $29.35 ↓ -86%
anthem medicare advantage $29.35 ↓ -86%
anthem exchange hmo $29.35 ↓ -86%
anthem ppo $29.35 ↓ -86%
sentara health medicare advantage $29.94 ↓ -85%
kaiser medicare advantage $30.52 ↓ -85%
cigna medicare advantage $30.52 ↓ -85%
humana medicare advantage $32.29 ↓ -84%
anthem medicaid advantage $48.37 ↓ -76%
united medicaid advantage $49.34 ↓ -76%
sentara health medicaid advantage $49.82 ↓ -76%
humana medicaid advantage $50.30 ↓ -75%
aetna medicaid advantage $50.79 ↓ -75%
kaiser medicaid advantage $53.21 ↓ -74%
sentara health exchange $64.83 ↓ -68%
sentara health hmo $85.29 ↓ -58%
sentara health ppo $85.29 ↓ -58%
cigna hmo $119.25 ↓ -41%
cigna ppo $119.25 ↓ -41%
cigna exchange $119.25 ↓ -41%
carefirst hmo $185.73 ↓ -9%
carefirst ppo $206.64 ↑ +2%
aetna ppo $231.14 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $231.14 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $242.57 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $256.04 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $256.04 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $317.46 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $317.46 ↑ +56%

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Warde immunofixation electrophoresis urine at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $477.00 $25.54 – $42.56
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $203.50 $29.35 – $256.04
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $203.50 $29.35 – $256.04
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $203.50 $29.35 – $256.04
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $203.50 $29.35 – $256.04
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $910.00 $25.54 – $126.03
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $25.54 – $131.22
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $25.54 – $31.40

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