Cardiac MRI seg dys stress 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

$716.00

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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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$1,432.00

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.

$345.07 with anthem vs $6,358.68 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
anthem medicaid advantage $345.07 ↓ -52%
united medicaid advantage $351.97 ↓ -51%
sentara health medicaid advantage $355.42 ↓ -50%
humana medicaid advantage $358.87 ↓ -50%
aetna medicaid advantage $362.32 ↓ -49%
kaiser medicaid advantage $379.58 ↓ -47%
united medicare advantage $548.30 ↓ -23%
aetna medicare advantage $548.30 ↓ -23%
anthem medicare advantage $548.30 ↓ -23%
sentara health medicare advantage $559.27 ↓ -22%
cigna medicare advantage $570.23 ↓ -20%
kaiser medicare advantage $570.23 ↓ -20%
humana medicare advantage $603.13 ↓ -16%
carefirst hmo $787.60 ↑ +10%
carefirst ppo $830.56 ↑ +16%
united nonoptions $1,110.33 ↑ +55%
united exchange $1,110.33 ↑ +55%
united options $1,110.33 ↑ +55%
kaiser hmo $1,116.96 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $1,116.96 ↑ +56%
anthem exchange hmo $1,286.49 ↑ +80%
anthem ppo $1,482.89 ↑ +107%
anthem hmo $1,482.89 ↑ +107%
cigna ppo $6,358.68 ↑ +788%
cigna hmo $6,358.68 ↑ +788%
cigna exchange $6,358.68 ↑ +788%

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Cardiac MRI seg dys stress at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $716.00 $345.07 – $787.60
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $716.00 $345.07 – $787.60
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $716.00 $345.07 – $787.60
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $716.00 $345.07 – $787.60
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $1,086.50 – $1,086.50
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $1,086.50 – $1,086.50
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $1,086.50 – $1,086.50
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $1,086.50 – $1,086.50

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