Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 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

$1,668.00

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$3,336.00

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.

$618.26 with united 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
united medicare advantage $618.26 ↓ -63%
aetna medicare advantage $618.26 ↓ -63%
anthem medicare advantage $618.26 ↓ -63%
sentara health medicare advantage $630.63 ↓ -62%
cigna medicare advantage $642.99 ↓ -61%
kaiser medicare advantage $642.99 ↓ -61%
humana medicare advantage $680.09 ↓ -59%
sentara health exchange $1,285.16 ↓ -23%
kaiser hmo $1,301.04 ↓ -22%
kaiser ppo $1,301.04 ↓ -22%
anthem exchange hmo $1,450.65 ↓ -13%
anthem medicaid advantage $1,454.03 ↓ -13%
united medicaid advantage $1,483.11 ↓ -11%
sentara health medicaid advantage $1,497.65 ↓ -10%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↓ -10%
humana medicaid advantage $1,512.19 ↓ -9%
aetna medicaid advantage $1,526.73 ↓ -8%
kaiser medicaid advantage $1,599.43 ↓ -4%
anthem hmo $1,672.11 ↑ +0%
anthem ppo $1,672.11 ↑ +0%
sentara health ppo $1,690.84 ↑ +1%
sentara health hmo $1,690.84 ↑ +1%
united exchange $1,719.12 ↑ +3%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +9%
united options $1,935.37 ↑ +16%
united nonoptions $1,935.37 ↑ +16%
cigna exchange $2,067.00 ↑ +24%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +31%
carefirst hmo $2,485.00 ↑ +49%
carefirst ppo $2,510.00 ↑ +50%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +54%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +54%
cigna hmo $2,678.00 ↑ +61%
cigna ppo $2,678.00 ↑ +61%

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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,668.00 $618.26 – $2,485.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,668.00 $618.26 – $2,485.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,668.00 $618.26 – $2,485.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,668.00 $618.26 – $2,485.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $706.80 $612.05 – $1,334.27
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $706.80 $612.05 – $1,334.27
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $1,213.00 $624.29 – $1,547.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $1,298.00 $624.29 – $2,603.00

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