Assay of estrogen at SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

4600 Spotsylvania Parkway, Fredericksburg, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1376876664

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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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.

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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.

$87.27 with Humana Military vs $459.09 with Anthem — 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
Humana Military TRCR $87.27
Humana MCR $87.88
United Behavioral Health VACCN $87.88
Devoted MCR $87.88
United VACCN $87.88
United AllPayerAppendix $87.88
Johns Hopkins UniformedServicesFamilyHealthPlan $87.88
Sentara Health MCR $87.88
United MGMCR $88.32
Aetna MGMCR $88.88
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $89.64
Anthem MGMCR $90.52
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $91.40
Evernorth Behavioral Health MCR $91.40
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $92.27
Align Senior Care MGMCR $94.03
Bright Health COMM $188.06
Anthem HIX $333.77
Cigna PPO $355.26
Cigna HMO $355.26
Cigna IFP $436.00
Anthem HMO $459.09
Anthem PPO $459.09
Anthem HPN $459.09
Optima Health PPO not published by hospital
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital
Optima Health POS not published by hospital
Aetna Broad not published by hospital

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Assay of estrogen at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $440.50 $41.29 – $554.24
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $440.50 $41.29 – $554.24
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $440.50 $41.29 – $554.24
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $440.50 $41.29 – $554.24
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $440.50 $41.29 – $554.24
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $76.47 – $127.43
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $76.47 – $392.91
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $76.47 – $94.03

All Virginia hospitals for this procedure →