Placement nephrostomy catheter (both sides) at Inova Loudoun Hospital
44045 Riverside Parkway, Leesburg, VA · Inova · · NPI 1376564302
$5,733.00
Cash price 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.
$11,466.00
Gross charge 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.
$943.00 with carefirst vs $8,343.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| carefirst | hmo | $943.00 | ↓ -84% |
| carefirst | ppo | $953.00 | ↓ -83% |
| united | medicare advantage | $2,048.51 | ↓ -64% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $2,048.51 | ↓ -64% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $2,048.51 | ↓ -64% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $2,089.48 | ↓ -64% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $2,130.45 | ↓ -63% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $2,130.45 | ↓ -63% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $2,144.61 | ↓ -63% |
| innovation | fully insured | $2,149.00 | ↓ -63% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $2,187.50 | ↓ -62% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $2,208.95 | ↓ -61% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $2,230.39 | ↓ -61% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $2,251.84 | ↓ -61% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $2,253.36 | ↓ -61% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $2,359.07 | ↓ -59% |
| innovation | self insured | $2,589.00 | ↓ -55% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $3,116.15 | ↓ -46% |
| aetna | ppo | $3,645.00 | ↓ -36% |
| aetna | hmo | $3,645.00 | ↓ -36% |
| sentara health | exchange | $3,855.49 | ↓ -33% |
| kaiser | ppo | $4,471.74 | ↓ -22% |
| kaiser | hmo | $4,471.74 | ↓ -22% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $4,785.11 | ↓ -17% |
| sentara health | hmo | $5,072.52 | ↓ -12% |
| sentara health | ppo | $5,072.52 | ↓ -12% |
| united | exchange | $5,470.40 | ↓ -5% |
| anthem | ppo | $5,515.89 | ↓ -4% |
| anthem | hmo | $5,515.89 | ↓ -4% |
| united | nonoptions | $6,158.37 | ↑ +7% |
| united | options | $6,158.37 | ↑ +7% |
| cigna | exchange | $6,440.00 | ↑ +12% |
| cigna | hmo | $8,343.00 | ↑ +46% |
| cigna | ppo | $8,343.00 | ↑ +46% |
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Placement nephrostomy catheter (both sides) at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $5,733.00 | $943.00 – $2,230.39 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $5,733.00 | $943.00 – $2,230.39 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $5,733.00 | $943.00 – $2,230.39 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $5,733.00 | $943.00 – $2,230.39 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $1,372.35 | $1,684.15 – $4,446.23 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $1,372.35 | $1,895.24 – $4,446.23 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $953.00 | $2,080.35 – $5,978.00 |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | $2,628.50 | $778.00 – $3,988.00 |