Biopsy roof of mouth at Inova Loudoun Hospital

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

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

$1,481.28 with united vs $3,988.57 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
united medicare advantage $1,481.28
anthem medicare advantage $1,481.28
aetna medicare advantage $1,481.28
innovation fully insured $1,509.00
sentara health medicare advantage $1,510.91
cigna medicare advantage $1,540.53
kaiser medicare advantage $1,540.53
humana medicare advantage $1,629.41
innovation self insured $1,822.00
sentara health exchange $1,847.42
anthem medicaid advantage $2,047.61
cigna exchange $2,067.00
united medicaid advantage $2,088.56
sentara health medicaid advantage $2,109.04
humana medicaid advantage $2,129.51
aetna medicaid advantage $2,149.99
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02
kaiser medicaid advantage $2,252.37
sentara health ppo $2,430.58
sentara health hmo $2,430.58
carefirst hmo $2,485.00
carefirst ppo $2,510.00
united exchange $2,538.64
aetna ppo $2,561.00
aetna hmo $2,561.00
cigna hmo $2,678.00
cigna ppo $2,678.00
united nonoptions $2,857.22
united options $2,857.22
anthem exchange hmo $3,460.13
anthem hmo $3,988.57
anthem ppo $3,988.57

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Biopsy roof of mouth at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $1,099.50 $1,010.00 – $3,276.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $1,176.50 $1,544.13 – $2,603.00
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $1,536.50 not published
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $1,176.50 $1,544.13 – $3,408.00
Sentara RMH Medical Center Harrisonburg $1,099.50 $1,544.13 – $1,589.55
Sentara CarePlex Hospital Hampton $1,176.50 $1,544.13 – $1,589.55
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Norfolk $1,176.50 $1,544.13 – $3,408.00
Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Virginia Beach $1,176.50 $1,544.13 – $3,408.00

All Virginia hospitals for this procedure →