Gallbladder and Bile Duct Scan (HIDA Scan) at Inova Loudoun Hospital

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

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

$1,135.50

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.

$2,271.00

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.

$401.83 with aetna vs $1,771.38 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
aetna medicare advantage $401.83 ↓ -65%
united medicare advantage $401.83 ↓ -65%
anthem medicare advantage $401.83 ↓ -65%
sentara health medicare advantage $409.87 ↓ -64%
kaiser medicare advantage $417.90 ↓ -63%
cigna medicare advantage $417.90 ↓ -63%
humana medicare advantage $442.01 ↓ -61%
anthem medicaid advantage $531.39 ↓ -53%
united medicaid advantage $542.02 ↓ -52%
sentara health medicaid advantage $547.33 ↓ -52%
humana medicaid advantage $552.65 ↓ -51%
aetna medicaid advantage $557.96 ↓ -51%
kaiser medicaid advantage $584.53 ↓ -49%
carefirst hmo $678.83 ↓ -40%
carefirst ppo $736.51 ↓ -35%
united options $866.23 ↓ -24%
united exchange $866.23 ↓ -24%
united nonoptions $866.23 ↓ -24%
anthem exchange hmo $938.64 ↓ -17%
cigna exchange $1,012.41 ↓ -11%
anthem ppo $1,081.99 ↓ -5%
anthem hmo $1,081.99 ↓ -5%
sentara health exchange $1,281.05 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $1,289.70 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $1,289.70 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $1,353.52 ↑ +19%
cigna hmo $1,466.61 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $1,466.61 ↑ +29%
innovation self insured $1,496.59 ↑ +32%
innovation fully insured $1,496.59 ↑ +32%
sentara health ppo $1,685.42 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $1,685.42 ↑ +48%
kaiser ppo $1,771.38 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $1,771.38 ↑ +56%

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Gallbladder and Bile Duct Scan (HIDA Scan) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,135.50 $401.83 – $1,496.59
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,135.50 $401.83 – $1,496.59
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,135.50 $401.83 – $1,496.59
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,135.50 $401.83 – $1,496.59
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $452.25 $247.95 – $850.31
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $452.25 $264.02 – $850.31
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $1,374.00 $397.85 – $409.55
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $1,122.00 $397.85 – $663.30

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