Blood typing patient serum at Inova Loudoun Hospital

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

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

$65.00

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.

$130.00

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.

$5.16 with anthem vs $159.93 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
anthem medicaid advantage $5.16 ↓ -92%
united medicaid advantage $5.26 ↓ -92%
sentara health medicaid advantage $5.31 ↓ -92%
humana medicaid advantage $5.37 ↓ -92%
aetna medicaid advantage $5.42 ↓ -92%
kaiser medicaid advantage $5.68 ↓ -91%
united options $16.34 ↓ -75%
united exchange $16.34 ↓ -75%
united nonoptions $16.34 ↓ -75%
sentara health exchange $36.09 ↓ -44%
sentara health hmo $47.49 ↓ -27%
sentara health ppo $47.49 ↓ -27%
united medicare advantage $59.40 ↓ -9%
anthem medicare advantage $59.40 ↓ -9%
aetna medicare advantage $59.40 ↓ -9%
carefirst hmo $60.16 ↓ -7%
sentara health medicare advantage $60.59 ↓ -7%
kaiser medicare advantage $61.78 ↓ -5%
cigna medicare advantage $61.78 ↓ -5%
humana medicare advantage $65.34 ↑ +1%
cigna exchange $66.38 ↑ +2%
cigna ppo $66.38 ↑ +2%
cigna hmo $66.38 ↑ +2%
carefirst ppo $66.93 ↑ +3%
aetna ppo $73.83 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $73.83 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $77.48 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $81.78 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $81.78 ↑ +26%
kaiser ppo $101.40 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $101.40 ↑ +56%
anthem exchange hmo $138.74 ↑ +113%
anthem ppo $159.93 ↑ +146%
anthem hmo $159.93 ↑ +146%

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Blood typing patient serum at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $65.00 $5.16 – $81.78
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $65.00 $5.16 – $81.78
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $65.00 $5.16 – $81.78
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $65.00 $5.16 – $81.78
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $16.34 – $23.69
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $16.34 – $73.06
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $16.34 – $17.48
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $16.34 – $17.48

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