Biopsy/removal lymph nodes at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
3600 Joseph Siewick Drive Fairfax, VA 22033-1709, VA · Inova · · NPI 1760513980
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$2,149.00 with innovation vs $10,356.40 with anthem — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| innovation | fully insured | $2,149.00 | — |
| innovation | self insured | $2,589.00 | — |
| cigna | exchange | $2,763.00 | — |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $3,116.15 | — |
| cigna | ppo | $3,580.00 | — |
| cigna | hmo | $3,580.00 | — |
| aetna | ppo | $3,645.00 | — |
| aetna | hmo | $3,645.00 | — |
| united | medicare advantage | $3,829.28 | — |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $3,829.28 | — |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $3,829.28 | — |
| sentara health | exchange | $3,855.49 | — |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $3,905.87 | — |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $3,982.45 | — |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $3,982.45 | — |
| humana | medicare advantage | $4,212.21 | — |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $4,775.57 | — |
| united | medicaid advantage | $4,871.08 | — |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $4,918.84 | — |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $4,966.59 | — |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $5,014.35 | — |
| sentara health | ppo | $5,072.52 | — |
| sentara health | hmo | $5,072.52 | — |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $5,253.13 | — |
| united | exchange | $5,470.40 | — |
| united | options | $6,158.37 | — |
| united | nonoptions | $6,158.37 | — |
| carefirst | hmo | $6,895.00 | — |
| carefirst | ppo | $6,962.00 | — |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $8,984.76 | — |
| anthem | ppo | $10,356.40 | — |
| anthem | hmo | $10,356.40 | — |
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Biopsy/removal lymph nodes at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St Mary's Hospital | Richmond | $26,295.38 | $6,661.88 – $6,795.12 |
| Mary Immaculate Hospital | Newport News | $34,416.32 | $3,820.23 – $3,896.63 |
| Harbour View Medical Center | Suffolk | $32,870.08 | $3,820.23 – $3,820.23 |
| Memorial Regional Hospital | Mechanicsville | $42,630.65 | $6,661.88 – $6,795.12 |
| Southside Regional Medical Center | Petersburg | $23,686.23 | $6,478.71 – $6,608.28 |
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | not published | $2,149.00 – $6,895.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | not published | $2,149.00 – $6,895.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | not published | $2,149.00 – $6,895.00 |