Car outp meas drg cath chd 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

$73.50

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.

$147.00

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.

$80.85 with carefirst vs $10,523.00 with cigna — 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
carefirst hmo $80.85 ↑ +10%
sentara health exchange $82.92 ↑ +13%
aetna ppo $83.48 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $83.48 ↑ +14%
carefirst ppo $85.26 ↑ +16%
aetna fannie-mae $87.61 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $92.48 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $92.48 ↑ +26%
sentara health hmo $109.10 ↑ +48%
sentara health ppo $109.10 ↑ +48%
kaiser ppo $114.66 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $114.66 ↑ +56%
anthem medicaid advantage $497.88 ↑ +577%
united medicaid advantage $507.84 ↑ +591%
sentara health medicaid advantage $512.82 ↑ +598%
humana medicaid advantage $517.80 ↑ +604%
aetna medicaid advantage $522.77 ↑ +611%
kaiser medicaid advantage $547.67 ↑ +645%
united exchange $1,127.36 ↑ +1434%
united options $1,269.99 ↑ +1628%
united nonoptions $1,269.99 ↑ +1628%
cigna exchange $8,122.00 ↑ +10950%
cigna hmo $10,523.00 ↑ +14217%
cigna ppo $10,523.00 ↑ +14217%

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Car outp meas drg cath chd at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $73.50 $80.85 – $8,122.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $73.50 $80.85 – $8,122.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $73.50 $80.85 – $8,122.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $73.50 $80.85 – $8,122.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $82.00 $511.00 – $511.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $784.50 $484.00 – $484.00
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $929.00 not published
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $784.50 $2,350.00 – $2,350.00

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