Assay of somatostatin 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

$251.50

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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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$503.00

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.

$15.74 with anthem vs $392.34 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
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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
anthem medicaid advantage $15.74 ↓ -94%
united medicaid advantage $16.05 ↓ -94%
sentara health medicaid advantage $16.21 ↓ -94%
humana medicaid advantage $16.37 ↓ -93%
aetna medicaid advantage $16.53 ↓ -93%
kaiser medicaid advantage $17.31 ↓ -93%
anthem hmo $18.28 ↓ -93%
united medicare advantage $18.28 ↓ -93%
united options $18.28 ↓ -93%
united nonoptions $18.28 ↓ -93%
united exchange $18.28 ↓ -93%
aetna medicare advantage $18.28 ↓ -93%
anthem ppo $18.28 ↓ -93%
anthem exchange hmo $18.28 ↓ -93%
anthem medicare advantage $18.28 ↓ -93%
sentara health medicare advantage $18.65 ↓ -93%
cigna medicare advantage $19.01 ↓ -92%
kaiser medicare advantage $19.01 ↓ -92%
humana medicare advantage $20.11 ↓ -92%
sentara health exchange $40.38 ↓ -84%
sentara health hmo $53.12 ↓ -79%
sentara health ppo $53.12 ↓ -79%
cigna hmo $74.25 ↓ -70%
cigna exchange $74.25 ↓ -70%
cigna ppo $74.25 ↓ -70%
carefirst hmo $110.08 ↓ -56%
carefirst ppo $122.47 ↓ -51%
aetna ppo $285.65 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $285.65 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $299.79 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $316.44 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $316.44 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $392.34 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $392.34 ↑ +56%

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Assay of somatostatin at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $251.50 $15.74 – $316.44
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $251.50 $15.74 – $316.44
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $251.50 $15.74 – $316.44
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $251.50 $15.74 – $316.44
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $656.00 $15.91 – $81.73
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $54.00 $15.91 – $26.51
HENRICO DOCTORS HOSPITAL RICHMOND $656.00 $15.91 – $78.46
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $15.91 – $26.51

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