Treatment of retinal lesion at Inova Loudoun Hospital

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

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

$1,586.00

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.

$3,172.00

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.

$548.60 with united vs $5,895.00 with aetna — 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 $548.60 ↓ -65%
aetna medicare advantage $548.60 ↓ -65%
anthem medicare advantage $548.60 ↓ -65%
sentara health medicare advantage $559.57 ↓ -65%
kaiser medicare advantage $570.54 ↓ -64%
cigna medicare advantage $570.54 ↓ -64%
humana medicare advantage $603.46 ↓ -62%
kaiser ppo $1,237.08 ↓ -22%
kaiser hmo $1,237.08 ↓ -22%
anthem exchange hmo $1,281.48 ↓ -19%
sentara health exchange $1,285.16 ↓ -19%
anthem medicaid advantage $1,477.12 ↓ -7%
anthem ppo $1,477.19 ↓ -7%
anthem hmo $1,477.19 ↓ -7%
united medicaid advantage $1,506.66 ↓ -5%
sentara health medicaid advantage $1,521.43 ↓ -4%
humana medicaid advantage $1,536.20 ↓ -3%
aetna medicaid advantage $1,550.98 ↓ -2%
kaiser medicaid advantage $1,624.83 ↑ +2%
sentara health ppo $1,690.84 ↑ +7%
sentara health hmo $1,690.84 ↑ +7%
united exchange $1,719.12 ↑ +8%
united nonoptions $1,935.37 ↑ +22%
united options $1,935.37 ↑ +22%
cigna exchange $2,067.00 ↑ +30%
carefirst hmo $2,485.00 ↑ +57%
carefirst ppo $2,510.00 ↑ +58%
cigna ppo $2,678.00 ↑ +69%
cigna hmo $2,678.00 ↑ +69%
innovation fully insured $3,469.00 ↑ +119%
innovation self insured $4,185.00 ↑ +164%
aetna fannie-mae $5,040.27 ↑ +218%
aetna hmo $5,895.00 ↑ +272%
aetna ppo $5,895.00 ↑ +272%

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Treatment of retinal lesion at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,586.00 $548.60 – $3,469.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,586.00 $548.60 – $3,469.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,586.00 $548.60 – $3,469.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,586.00 $548.60 – $3,469.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $899.50 $547.36 – $2,603.00
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $899.50 $547.36 – $3,408.00
Sentara CarePlex Hospital Hampton $899.50 $547.36 – $563.46
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Norfolk $899.50 $547.36 – $3,408.00

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