Assay of intrinsic factor at Inova Loudoun Hospital

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

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

$143.50

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.

$287.00

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.

$14.35 with anthem vs $223.86 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
anthem medicaid advantage $14.35 ↓ -90%
united medicaid advantage $14.64 ↓ -90%
sentara health medicaid advantage $14.78 ↓ -90%
humana medicaid advantage $14.92 ↓ -90%
aetna medicaid advantage $15.07 ↓ -89%
kaiser medicaid advantage $15.79 ↓ -89%
anthem hmo $19.82 ↓ -86%
united medicare advantage $19.82 ↓ -86%
united options $19.82 ↓ -86%
united nonoptions $19.82 ↓ -86%
united exchange $19.82 ↓ -86%
aetna medicare advantage $19.82 ↓ -86%
anthem ppo $19.82 ↓ -86%
anthem exchange hmo $19.82 ↓ -86%
anthem medicare advantage $19.82 ↓ -86%
sentara health medicare advantage $20.22 ↓ -86%
cigna medicare advantage $20.61 ↓ -86%
kaiser medicare advantage $20.61 ↓ -86%
humana medicare advantage $21.80 ↓ -85%
sentara health exchange $43.78 ↓ -69%
sentara health hmo $57.60 ↓ -60%
sentara health ppo $57.60 ↓ -60%
cigna hmo $80.50 ↓ -44%
cigna exchange $80.50 ↓ -44%
cigna ppo $80.50 ↓ -44%
carefirst hmo $100.66 ↓ -30%
carefirst ppo $111.99 ↓ -22%
aetna ppo $162.99 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $162.99 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $171.05 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $180.55 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $180.55 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $223.86 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $223.86 ↑ +56%

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Assay of intrinsic factor at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $143.50 $14.35 – $180.55
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $143.50 $14.35 – $180.55
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $143.50 $14.35 – $180.55
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $143.50 $14.35 – $180.55
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $17.25 – $28.74
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $17.25 – $88.62
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $17.25 – $21.21
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $15.22 – $21.21

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