Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right 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

$956.00

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.

$1,912.00

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.

$295.19 with aetna vs $2,678.00 with cigna — 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
aetna medicare advantage $295.19 ↓ -69%
united medicare advantage $295.19 ↓ -69%
anthem medicare advantage $295.19 ↓ -69%
sentara health medicare advantage $301.09 ↓ -69%
cigna medicare advantage $307.00 ↓ -68%
kaiser medicare advantage $307.00 ↓ -68%
humana medicare advantage $324.71 ↓ -66%
anthem medicaid advantage $356.88 ↓ -63%
united medicaid advantage $364.02 ↓ -62%
sentara health medicaid advantage $367.59 ↓ -62%
humana medicaid advantage $371.16 ↓ -61%
aetna medicaid advantage $374.72 ↓ -61%
kaiser medicaid advantage $392.57 ↓ -59%
anthem exchange hmo $692.62 ↓ -28%
kaiser hmo $745.68 ↓ -22%
kaiser ppo $745.68 ↓ -22%
anthem hmo $798.36 ↓ -16%
anthem ppo $798.36 ↓ -16%
sentara health exchange $883.55 ↓ -8%
carefirst hmo $1,043.00 ↑ +9%
carefirst ppo $1,054.00 ↑ +10%
united exchange $1,127.36 ↑ +18%
sentara health ppo $1,162.45 ↑ +22%
sentara health hmo $1,162.45 ↑ +22%
united nonoptions $1,269.99 ↑ +33%
united options $1,269.99 ↑ +33%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↑ +58%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +91%
cigna exchange $2,067.00 ↑ +116%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +129%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +168%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +168%
cigna hmo $2,678.00 ↑ +180%
cigna ppo $2,678.00 ↑ +180%

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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $956.00 $295.19 – $1,509.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $956.00 $295.19 – $1,509.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $956.00 $295.19 – $1,509.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $956.00 $295.19 – $1,509.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $267.00 $21.97 – $652.88
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $267.00 $299.49 – $652.88
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $254.50 $305.48 – $1,010.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $423.00 $305.48 – $2,603.00

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