Assay of endocrine hormone 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

$472.00

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$944.00

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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.

$41.29 with anthem vs $736.32 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
anthem medicaid advantage $41.29 ↓ -91%
united medicaid advantage $42.12 ↓ -91%
sentara health medicaid advantage $42.53 ↓ -91%
humana medicaid advantage $42.94 ↓ -91%
aetna medicaid advantage $43.35 ↓ -91%
kaiser medicaid advantage $45.42 ↓ -90%
anthem hmo $71.23 ↓ -85%
united medicare advantage $71.23 ↓ -85%
united options $71.23 ↓ -85%
united nonoptions $71.23 ↓ -85%
united exchange $71.23 ↓ -85%
aetna medicare advantage $71.23 ↓ -85%
anthem ppo $71.23 ↓ -85%
anthem exchange hmo $71.23 ↓ -85%
anthem medicare advantage $71.23 ↓ -85%
sentara health medicare advantage $72.65 ↓ -85%
cigna medicare advantage $74.08 ↓ -84%
kaiser medicare advantage $74.08 ↓ -84%
humana medicare advantage $78.35 ↓ -83%
sentara health exchange $157.34 ↓ -67%
sentara health hmo $207.00 ↓ -56%
sentara health ppo $207.00 ↓ -56%
cigna hmo $289.38 ↓ -39%
cigna exchange $289.38 ↓ -39%
cigna ppo $289.38 ↓ -39%
carefirst hmo $331.23 ↓ -30%
carefirst ppo $368.52 ↓ -22%
aetna ppo $536.10 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $536.10 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $562.62 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $593.87 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $593.87 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $736.32 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $736.32 ↑ +56%

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Assay of endocrine hormone at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $472.00 $41.29 – $593.87
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $472.00 $41.29 – $593.87
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $472.00 $41.29 – $593.87
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $472.00 $41.29 – $593.87
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $61.99 – $103.28
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $61.99 – $318.47
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $61.99 – $76.22
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $54.70 – $76.22

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