Artery x-rays spine at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
3600 Joseph Siewick Drive Fairfax, VA 22033-1709, VA · Inova · · NPI 1760513980
$1,497.50
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.
$2,995.00
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.
$1,335.17 with cigna vs $14,619.87 with anthem — 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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| cigna | exchange | $1,335.17 | ↓ -11% |
| sentara health | exchange | $1,689.45 | ↑ +13% |
| aetna | ppo | $1,700.86 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | hmo | $1,700.86 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $1,785.02 | ↑ +19% |
| cigna | hmo | $1,934.17 | ↑ +29% |
| cigna | ppo | $1,934.17 | ↑ +29% |
| innovation | fully insured | $1,973.71 | ↑ +32% |
| innovation | self insured | $1,973.71 | ↑ +32% |
| carefirst | hmo | $2,216.33 | ↑ +48% |
| sentara health | ppo | $2,222.74 | ↑ +48% |
| sentara health | hmo | $2,222.74 | ↑ +48% |
| kaiser | hmo | $2,336.10 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | ppo | $2,336.10 | ↑ +56% |
| carefirst | ppo | $2,404.64 | ↑ +61% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $5,405.70 | ↑ +261% |
| united | medicare advantage | $5,405.70 | ↑ +261% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $5,405.70 | ↑ +261% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $5,513.81 | ↑ +268% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $5,621.93 | ↑ +275% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $5,621.93 | ↑ +275% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $5,946.27 | ↑ +297% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $6,701.77 | ↑ +348% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $6,835.81 | ↑ +356% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $6,902.82 | ↑ +361% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $6,969.84 | ↑ +365% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $7,036.86 | ↑ +370% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $7,371.95 | ↑ +392% |
| united | nonoptions | $10,958.06 | ↑ +632% |
| united | options | $10,958.06 | ↑ +632% |
| united | exchange | $10,958.06 | ↑ +632% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $12,683.56 | ↑ +747% |
| anthem | hmo | $14,619.87 | ↑ +876% |
| anthem | ppo | $14,619.87 | ↑ +876% |
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Artery x-rays spine at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $1,497.50 | $1,335.17 – $5,946.27 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $1,497.50 | $1,335.17 – $5,946.27 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $1,497.50 | $1,335.17 – $5,946.27 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $1,497.50 | $1,335.17 – $5,946.27 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | $6,120.00 | $370.99 – $10,733.33 |
| LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER | ROANOKE | $4,834.00 | $551.02 – $10,733.33 |
| RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER | VIENNA | $9,962.41 | $459.65 – $10,733.33 |
| HENRICO DOCTORS HOSPITAL | RICHMOND | $6,120.00 | $384.84 – $10,733.33 |