App high cost ss t/a/l <100sq cm addl <25sq cm 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

$2,092.00

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.

$4,184.00

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.

$883.55 with sentara health vs $3,263.52 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
sentara health exchange $883.55 ↓ -58%
carefirst hmo $943.00 ↓ -55%
carefirst ppo $953.00 ↓ -54%
united exchange $1,127.36 ↓ -46%
sentara health ppo $1,162.45 ↓ -44%
sentara health hmo $1,162.45 ↓ -44%
united options $1,269.99 ↓ -39%
united nonoptions $1,269.99 ↓ -39%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↓ -28%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↓ -13%
cigna exchange $1,912.09 ↓ -9%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +5%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +22%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +22%
cigna ppo $2,702.03 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $2,702.03 ↑ +29%
anthem medicaid advantage $2,788.84 ↑ +33%
united medicaid advantage $2,844.62 ↑ +36%
sentara health medicaid advantage $2,872.51 ↑ +37%
humana medicaid advantage $2,900.39 ↑ +39%
aetna medicaid advantage $2,928.28 ↑ +40%
kaiser medicaid advantage $3,067.72 ↑ +47%
kaiser hmo $3,263.52 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $3,263.52 ↑ +56%

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App high cost ss t/a/l <100sq cm addl <25sq cm at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $2,092.00 $883.55 – $3,067.72
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $2,092.00 $883.55 – $3,067.72
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $2,092.00 $883.55 – $3,067.72
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $2,092.00 $883.55 – $3,067.72
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $3,210.00 $511.00 – $2,004.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $3,101.50 $484.00 – $2,603.00
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $3,773.00 not published
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $3,101.50 $2,350.00 – $3,408.00

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