Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at Inova Loudoun Hospital

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

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

$900.00

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.

$1,800.00

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.

$538.27 with united vs $1,449.36 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 $538.27 ↓ -40%
anthem medicare advantage $538.27 ↓ -40%
aetna medicare advantage $538.27 ↓ -40%
sentara health medicare advantage $549.04 ↓ -39%
kaiser medicare advantage $559.80 ↓ -38%
cigna medicare advantage $559.80 ↓ -38%
humana medicare advantage $592.10 ↓ -34%
carefirst hmo $597.92 ↓ -34%
carefirst ppo $648.73 ↓ -28%
cigna exchange $802.44 ↓ -11%
sentara health exchange $1,015.36 ↑ +13%
aetna ppo $1,022.22 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $1,022.22 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $1,072.80 ↑ +19%
united exchange $1,124.51 ↑ +25%
united nonoptions $1,124.51 ↑ +25%
united options $1,124.51 ↑ +25%
cigna hmo $1,162.44 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $1,162.44 ↑ +29%
innovation fully insured $1,186.20 ↑ +32%
innovation self insured $1,186.20 ↑ +32%
anthem exchange hmo $1,257.34 ↑ +40%
anthem medicaid advantage $1,309.62 ↑ +46%
united medicaid advantage $1,335.81 ↑ +48%
sentara health ppo $1,335.87 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $1,335.87 ↑ +48%
sentara health medicaid advantage $1,348.91 ↑ +50%
humana medicaid advantage $1,362.00 ↑ +51%
aetna medicaid advantage $1,375.10 ↑ +53%
kaiser ppo $1,404.00 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $1,404.00 ↑ +56%
kaiser medicaid advantage $1,440.58 ↑ +60%
anthem hmo $1,449.36 ↑ +61%
anthem ppo $1,449.36 ↑ +61%

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Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $900.00 $538.27 – $1,186.20
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $900.00 $538.27 – $1,186.20
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $900.00 $538.27 – $1,186.20
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $900.00 $538.27 – $1,186.20
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $1,914.00 $117.31 – $1,101.15
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $132.61 – $1,101.15
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $78.98 – $1,745.03
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $108.51 – $1,101.15

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