Bx perianal mass 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

$750.50

Cash price

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

$1,501.00

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.

$685.96 with cigna vs $4,455.00 with carefirst — 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
cigna exchange $685.96 ↓ -9%
aetna medicare advantage $911.71 ↑ +21%
united medicare advantage $911.71 ↑ +21%
anthem medicare advantage $911.71 ↑ +21%
sentara health medicare advantage $929.94 ↑ +24%
cigna medicare advantage $948.18 ↑ +26%
kaiser medicare advantage $948.18 ↑ +26%
cigna ppo $969.35 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $969.35 ↑ +29%
humana medicare advantage $1,002.88 ↑ +34%
kaiser hmo $1,170.78 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $1,170.78 ↑ +56%
sentara health exchange $1,285.16 ↑ +71%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↑ +101%
sentara health ppo $1,690.84 ↑ +125%
sentara health hmo $1,690.84 ↑ +125%
united exchange $1,719.12 ↑ +129%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +143%
united options $1,935.37 ↑ +158%
united nonoptions $1,935.37 ↑ +158%
anthem medicaid advantage $2,117.94 ↑ +182%
anthem exchange hmo $2,139.17 ↑ +185%
united medicaid advantage $2,160.30 ↑ +188%
sentara health medicaid advantage $2,181.48 ↑ +191%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +192%
humana medicaid advantage $2,202.66 ↑ +193%
aetna medicaid advantage $2,223.84 ↑ +196%
kaiser medicaid advantage $2,329.73 ↑ +210%
anthem hmo $2,465.74 ↑ +229%
anthem ppo $2,465.74 ↑ +229%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +241%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +241%
carefirst hmo $4,413.00 ↑ +488%
carefirst ppo $4,455.00 ↑ +494%

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Bx perianal mass at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $750.50 $685.96 – $4,413.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $750.50 $685.96 – $4,413.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $750.50 $685.96 – $4,413.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $750.50 $685.96 – $4,413.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $2,311.00 $925.49 – $1,547.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $1,804.50 $925.49 – $3,988.00
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $2,195.50 $932.82 – $960.25
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $1,804.50 $925.49 – $5,220.00

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