Blood split unit 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

$332.00

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$664.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$141.80 with united vs $1,961.00 with united — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
united medicare advantage $141.80 ↓ -57%
aetna medicare advantage $141.80 ↓ -57%
anthem medicare advantage $141.80 ↓ -57%
sentara health medicare advantage $144.64 ↓ -56%
cigna medicare advantage $147.47 ↓ -56%
kaiser medicare advantage $147.47 ↓ -56%
humana medicare advantage $155.98 ↓ -53%
anthem medicaid advantage $196.11 ↓ -41%
united medicaid advantage $200.03 ↓ -40%
sentara health medicaid advantage $201.99 ↓ -39%
humana medicaid advantage $203.95 ↓ -39%
aetna medicaid advantage $205.92 ↓ -38%
kaiser medicaid advantage $215.72 ↓ -35%
cigna exchange $296.01 ↓ -11%
anthem exchange hmo $332.70 ↑ +0%
carefirst hmo $365.20 ↑ +10%
anthem hmo $383.49 ↑ +16%
anthem ppo $383.49 ↑ +16%
carefirst ppo $385.12 ↑ +16%
cigna hmo $428.81 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $428.81 ↑ +29%
kaiser hmo $517.92 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $517.92 ↑ +56%
united exchange $1,527.00 ↑ +360%
united options $1,961.00 ↑ +491%
united nonoptions $1,961.00 ↑ +491%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Blood split unit at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $332.00 $141.80 – $365.20
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $332.00 $141.80 – $365.20
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $332.00 $141.80 – $365.20
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $332.00 $141.80 – $365.20
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $108.15 $55.77 – $339.73
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $108.15 $101.13 – $339.73
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $261.50 not published
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $300.00 not published

All Virginia hospitals for this procedure →