Artery x-rays lung at Inova Loudoun Hospital

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

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

$1,646.50

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.

$3,293.00

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.

$1,468.02 with cigna vs $8,475.07 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
cigna exchange $1,468.02 ↓ -11%
sentara health exchange $1,857.54 ↑ +13%
aetna ppo $1,870.09 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $1,870.09 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $1,962.63 ↑ +19%
carefirst hmo $2,060.94 ↑ +25%
cigna hmo $2,126.62 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $2,126.62 ↑ +29%
innovation self insured $2,170.09 ↑ +32%
innovation fully insured $2,170.09 ↑ +32%
carefirst ppo $2,236.05 ↑ +36%
sentara health ppo $2,443.90 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $2,443.90 ↑ +48%
anthem medicaid advantage $2,504.56 ↑ +52%
united medicaid advantage $2,554.65 ↑ +55%
kaiser hmo $2,568.54 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $2,568.54 ↑ +56%
sentara health medicaid advantage $2,579.70 ↑ +57%
humana medicaid advantage $2,604.74 ↑ +58%
aetna medicaid advantage $2,629.79 ↑ +60%
kaiser medicaid advantage $2,755.02 ↑ +67%
aetna medicare advantage $3,147.50 ↑ +91%
anthem medicare advantage $3,147.50 ↑ +91%
united medicare advantage $3,147.50 ↑ +91%
sentara health medicare advantage $3,210.45 ↑ +95%
kaiser medicare advantage $3,273.40 ↑ +99%
cigna medicare advantage $3,273.40 ↑ +99%
humana medicare advantage $3,462.25 ↑ +110%
united exchange $6,578.17 ↑ +300%
united options $6,578.17 ↑ +300%
united nonoptions $6,578.17 ↑ +300%
anthem exchange hmo $7,352.24 ↑ +347%
anthem hmo $8,475.07 ↑ +415%
anthem ppo $8,475.07 ↑ +415%

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Artery x-rays lung at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,646.50 $1,468.02 – $2,604.74
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,646.50 $1,468.02 – $2,604.74
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,646.50 $1,468.02 – $2,604.74
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,646.50 $1,468.02 – $2,604.74
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg $15,063.36 $149.63 – $6,438.74
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $300.27 – $6,438.74
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $178.84 – $6,438.74
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $245.70 – $6,438.74

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