Assay of bradykinin 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

$107.00

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$214.00

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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.

$5.16 with aetna vs $166.92 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

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
aetna medicare advantage $5.16 ↓ -95%
united medicare advantage $5.16 ↓ -95%
united options $5.16 ↓ -95%
united nonoptions $5.16 ↓ -95%
united exchange $5.16 ↓ -95%
anthem hmo $5.16 ↓ -95%
anthem medicare advantage $5.16 ↓ -95%
anthem exchange hmo $5.16 ↓ -95%
anthem ppo $5.16 ↓ -95%
sentara health medicare advantage $5.26 ↓ -95%
kaiser medicare advantage $5.37 ↓ -95%
cigna medicare advantage $5.37 ↓ -95%
humana medicare advantage $5.68 ↓ -95%
anthem medicaid advantage $6.47 ↓ -94%
united medicaid advantage $6.60 ↓ -94%
sentara health medicaid advantage $6.66 ↓ -94%
humana medicaid advantage $6.73 ↓ -94%
aetna medicaid advantage $6.79 ↓ -94%
kaiser medicaid advantage $7.12 ↓ -93%
sentara health exchange $11.40 ↓ -89%
sentara health hmo $15.00 ↓ -86%
sentara health ppo $15.00 ↓ -86%
cigna hmo $20.95 ↓ -80%
cigna ppo $20.95 ↓ -80%
cigna exchange $20.95 ↓ -80%
carefirst hmo $43.58 ↓ -59%
carefirst ppo $48.48 ↓ -55%
aetna ppo $121.53 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $121.53 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $127.54 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $134.63 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $134.63 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $166.92 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $166.92 ↑ +56%

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Assay of bradykinin at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $107.00 $5.16 – $134.63
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $107.00 $5.16 – $134.63
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $107.00 $5.16 – $134.63
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $107.00 $5.16 – $134.63
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $4.49 – $7.48
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $5.26 – $11.54
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $5.26 – $36.13
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $4.49 – $23.07

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