Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at Inova Loudoun Hospital

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

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

$167.50

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.

$335.00

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.

$46.88 with anthem vs $355.20 with cigna — 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 $46.88 ↓ -72%
united medicaid advantage $47.82 ↓ -71%
sentara health medicaid advantage $48.29 ↓ -71%
humana medicaid advantage $48.76 ↓ -71%
aetna medicaid advantage $49.22 ↓ -71%
united options $50.75 ↓ -70%
united exchange $50.75 ↓ -70%
united nonoptions $50.75 ↓ -70%
kaiser medicaid advantage $51.57 ↓ -69%
united medicare advantage $53.43 ↓ -68%
anthem medicare advantage $53.43 ↓ -68%
aetna medicare advantage $53.43 ↓ -68%
sentara health medicare advantage $54.50 ↓ -67%
cigna medicare advantage $55.57 ↓ -67%
kaiser medicare advantage $55.57 ↓ -67%
humana medicare advantage $58.77 ↓ -65%
carefirst hmo $83.03 ↓ -50%
carefirst ppo $92.38 ↓ -45%
anthem exchange hmo $124.81 ↓ -25%
anthem ppo $143.87 ↓ -14%
anthem hmo $143.87 ↓ -14%
sentara health exchange $189.37 ↑ +13%
aetna ppo $190.25 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $190.25 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $199.66 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $210.75 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $210.75 ↑ +26%
sentara health ppo $249.14 ↑ +49%
sentara health hmo $249.14 ↑ +49%
kaiser hmo $261.30 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $261.30 ↑ +56%
cigna exchange $355.20 ↑ +112%
cigna hmo $355.20 ↑ +112%
cigna ppo $355.20 ↑ +112%

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Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $78.00 $49.76 – $280.90
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $167.50 $46.88 – $210.75
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $167.50 $46.88 – $210.75
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $167.50 $46.88 – $210.75
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $167.50 $46.88 – $210.75
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $413.00 $49.76 – $366.89
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $551.00 $49.76 – $213.47
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $1,002.00 $49.76 – $279.35

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