Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at Inova Loudoun Hospital

44045 Riverside Parkway, Leesburg, VA · Inova · · NPI 1376564302

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published unknown · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$742.50

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.

$1,485.00

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.

$937.56 with aetna vs $3,645.00 with aetna — 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 $937.56 ↑ +26%
united medicare advantage $937.56 ↑ +26%
anthem medicare advantage $937.56 ↑ +26%
sentara health medicare advantage $956.31 ↑ +29%
kaiser medicare advantage $975.06 ↑ +31%
cigna medicare advantage $975.06 ↑ +31%
humana medicare advantage $1,031.32 ↑ +39%
anthem medicaid advantage $1,059.89 ↑ +43%
united medicaid advantage $1,081.09 ↑ +46%
sentara health medicaid advantage $1,091.69 ↑ +47%
humana medicaid advantage $1,102.29 ↑ +48%
aetna medicaid advantage $1,112.88 ↑ +50%
kaiser ppo $1,158.30 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $1,158.30 ↑ +56%
kaiser medicaid advantage $1,165.88 ↑ +57%
sentara health exchange $1,847.42 ↑ +149%
cigna exchange $2,067.00 ↑ +178%
innovation fully insured $2,149.00 ↑ +189%
anthem exchange hmo $2,190.04 ↑ +195%
sentara health ppo $2,430.58 ↑ +227%
sentara health hmo $2,430.58 ↑ +227%
carefirst hmo $2,485.00 ↑ +235%
carefirst ppo $2,510.00 ↑ +238%
anthem ppo $2,524.51 ↑ +240%
anthem hmo $2,524.51 ↑ +240%
united exchange $2,538.64 ↑ +242%
innovation self insured $2,589.00 ↑ +249%
cigna ppo $2,678.00 ↑ +261%
cigna hmo $2,678.00 ↑ +261%
united nonoptions $2,857.22 ↑ +285%
united options $2,857.22 ↑ +285%
aetna fannie-mae $3,116.15 ↑ +320%
aetna hmo $3,645.00 ↑ +391%
aetna ppo $3,645.00 ↑ +391%

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Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $742.50 $937.56 – $2,485.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $742.50 $937.56 – $2,485.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $742.50 $937.56 – $2,485.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $742.50 $937.56 – $2,485.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $407.25 $884.93 – $1,929.15
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $407.25 $884.93 – $1,929.15
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $933.00 $902.63 – $3,276.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $999.50 $902.63 – $2,603.00

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