Ghs windowing of cast at Inova Loudoun Hospital

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

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

$204.00

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.

$408.00

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.

$157.79 with united vs $1,269.99 with united — 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 $157.79 ↓ -23%
anthem medicare advantage $157.79 ↓ -23%
aetna medicare advantage $157.79 ↓ -23%
sentara health medicare advantage $160.95 ↓ -21%
cigna medicare advantage $164.10 ↓ -20%
kaiser medicare advantage $164.10 ↓ -20%
humana medicare advantage $173.57 ↓ -15%
cigna exchange $186.46 ↓ -9%
aetna hmo $231.70 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $231.70 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $243.17 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $256.67 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $256.67 ↑ +26%
cigna hmo $263.49 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $263.49 ↑ +29%
anthem medicaid advantage $284.72 ↑ +40%
united medicaid advantage $290.41 ↑ +42%
sentara health medicaid advantage $293.26 ↑ +44%
humana medicaid advantage $296.11 ↑ +45%
aetna medicaid advantage $298.96 ↑ +47%
kaiser medicaid advantage $313.19 ↑ +54%
kaiser hmo $318.24 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $318.24 ↑ +56%
anthem exchange hmo $368.59 ↑ +81%
anthem ppo $424.88 ↑ +108%
anthem hmo $424.88 ↑ +108%
sentara health exchange $883.55 ↑ +333%
carefirst hmo $1,043.00 ↑ +411%
carefirst ppo $1,054.00 ↑ +417%
united exchange $1,127.36 ↑ +453%
sentara health hmo $1,162.45 ↑ +470%
sentara health ppo $1,162.45 ↑ +470%
united nonoptions $1,269.99 ↑ +523%
united options $1,269.99 ↑ +523%

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Ghs windowing of cast at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $204.00 $157.79 – $1,043.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $204.00 $157.79 – $1,043.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $204.00 $157.79 – $1,043.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $204.00 $157.79 – $1,043.00
St Mary's Hospital Richmond $237.00 not published
Richmond Community Hospital Richmond $237.00 not published
St Francis Medical Center Midlothian $237.00 not published
Memorial Regional Hospital Mechanicsville $237.00 not published

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