88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital

3600 Joseph Siewick Drive Fairfax, VA 22033-1709, VA · Inova · · NPI 1760513980

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

$68.00

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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.

$136.00

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.

$19.38 with united vs $151.64 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
united options $19.38 ↓ -72%
united exchange $19.38 ↓ -72%
united nonoptions $19.38 ↓ -72%
sentara health exchange $42.19 ↓ -38%
sentara health ppo $55.51 ↓ -18%
sentara health hmo $55.51 ↓ -18%
aetna hmo $77.23 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $77.23 ↑ +14%
cigna hmo $79.88 ↑ +17%
cigna exchange $79.88 ↑ +17%
cigna ppo $79.88 ↑ +17%
aetna fannie-mae $81.06 ↑ +19%
carefirst hmo $81.59 ↑ +20%
innovation self insured $85.56 ↑ +26%
innovation fully insured $85.56 ↑ +26%
carefirst ppo $90.77 ↑ +33%
kaiser hmo $106.08 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $106.08 ↑ +56%
anthem medicaid advantage $137.85 ↑ +103%
united medicaid advantage $140.61 ↑ +107%
sentara health medicaid advantage $141.99 ↑ +109%
humana medicaid advantage $143.36 ↑ +111%
aetna medicaid advantage $144.74 ↑ +113%
kaiser medicaid advantage $151.64 ↑ +123%

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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $89.00 $19.19 – $108.33
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $68.00 $19.38 – $143.36
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $68.00 $19.38 – $143.36
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $68.00 $19.38 – $143.36
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $68.00 $19.38 – $143.36
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $377.00 $19.19 – $85.80
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $185.00 $19.19 – $81.63
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $235.00 $19.19 – $82.33

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