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Leg Vein Ultrasound (DVT study, both legs) at Inova Loudoun Hospital

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

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

$1,181.50

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.

$2,363.00

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.

$237.75 with anthem vs $1,843.14 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
anthem medicaid advantage $237.75 ↓ -80%
united medicare advantage $241.72 ↓ -80%
anthem medicare advantage $241.72 ↓ -80%
aetna medicare advantage $241.72 ↓ -80%
united medicaid advantage $242.51 ↓ -79%
sentara health medicaid advantage $244.88 ↓ -79%
sentara health medicare advantage $246.55 ↓ -79%
humana medicaid advantage $247.26 ↓ -79%
aetna medicaid advantage $249.64 ↓ -79%
kaiser medicare advantage $251.39 ↓ -79%
cigna medicare advantage $251.39 ↓ -79%
kaiser medicaid advantage $261.53 ↓ -78%
humana medicare advantage $265.89 ↓ -77%
anthem exchange hmo $564.63 ↓ -52%
anthem hmo $650.86 ↓ -45%
anthem ppo $650.86 ↓ -45%
united exchange $966.00 ↓ -18%
carefirst hmo $974.10 ↓ -18%
carefirst ppo $1,025.08 ↓ -13%
cigna exchange $1,053.43 ↓ -11%
united options $1,240.00 ↑ +5%
united nonoptions $1,240.00 ↑ +5%
sentara health exchange $1,332.94 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $1,341.95 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $1,341.95 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $1,408.35 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $1,486.56 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $1,486.56 ↑ +26%
cigna hmo $1,526.03 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $1,526.03 ↑ +29%
sentara health hmo $1,753.70 ↑ +48%
sentara health ppo $1,753.70 ↑ +48%
kaiser ppo $1,843.14 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $1,843.14 ↑ +56%

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Leg Vein Ultrasound (DVT study, both legs) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,181.50 $237.75 – $1,486.56
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,181.50 $237.75 – $1,486.56
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,181.50 $237.75 – $1,486.56
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,181.50 $237.75 – $1,486.56

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