Application of paste boot 29580 at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
3600 Joseph Siewick Drive Fairfax, VA 22033-1709, VA · Inova · · NPI 1760513980
$571.00
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.
$1,142.00
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.
$157.79 with united vs $1,269.99 with united — 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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| united | medicare advantage | $157.79 | ↓ -72% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $157.79 | ↓ -72% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $157.79 | ↓ -72% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $160.95 | ↓ -72% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $164.10 | ↓ -71% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $164.10 | ↓ -71% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $173.57 | ↓ -70% |
| cigna | exchange | $260.95 | ↓ -54% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $284.72 | ↓ -50% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $290.41 | ↓ -49% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $293.26 | ↓ -49% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $296.11 | ↓ -48% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $298.96 | ↓ -48% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $313.19 | ↓ -45% |
| aetna | ppo | $324.27 | ↓ -43% |
| aetna | hmo | $324.27 | ↓ -43% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $340.32 | ↓ -40% |
| innovation | fully insured | $359.22 | ↓ -37% |
| innovation | self insured | $359.22 | ↓ -37% |
| cigna | ppo | $368.75 | ↓ -35% |
| cigna | hmo | $368.75 | ↓ -35% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $370.24 | ↓ -35% |
| anthem | ppo | $426.76 | ↓ -25% |
| anthem | hmo | $426.76 | ↓ -25% |
| kaiser | ppo | $445.38 | ↓ -22% |
| kaiser | hmo | $445.38 | ↓ -22% |
| sentara health | exchange | $883.55 | ↑ +55% |
| carefirst | hmo | $1,043.00 | ↑ +83% |
| carefirst | ppo | $1,054.00 | ↑ +85% |
| united | exchange | $1,127.36 | ↑ +97% |
| sentara health | hmo | $1,162.45 | ↑ +104% |
| sentara health | ppo | $1,162.45 | ↑ +104% |
| united | nonoptions | $1,269.99 | ↑ +122% |
| united | options | $1,269.99 | ↑ +122% |
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Application of paste boot 29580 at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $571.00 | $157.79 – $1,043.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $571.00 | $157.79 – $1,043.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $571.00 | $157.79 – $1,043.00 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $571.00 | $157.79 – $1,043.00 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $60.30 | $42.74 – $345.64 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $60.30 | $42.74 – $345.64 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $559.00 | $161.72 – $2,845.00 |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | $598.00 | $161.72 – $3,988.00 |