Chrom analysis 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

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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.

$664.00

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.

$34.81 with aetna vs $517.92 with kaiser — 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
aetna medicare advantage $34.81 ↓ -90%
united medicare advantage $34.81 ↓ -90%
united options $34.81 ↓ -90%
united nonoptions $34.81 ↓ -90%
united exchange $34.81 ↓ -90%
anthem hmo $34.81 ↓ -90%
anthem medicare advantage $34.81 ↓ -90%
anthem exchange hmo $34.81 ↓ -90%
anthem ppo $34.81 ↓ -90%
sentara health medicare advantage $35.51 ↓ -89%
kaiser medicare advantage $36.20 ↓ -89%
cigna medicare advantage $36.20 ↓ -89%
humana medicare advantage $38.29 ↓ -88%
anthem medicaid advantage $51.70 ↓ -84%
united medicaid advantage $52.73 ↓ -84%
sentara health medicaid advantage $53.25 ↓ -84%
humana medicaid advantage $53.77 ↓ -84%
aetna medicaid advantage $54.29 ↓ -84%
kaiser medicaid advantage $56.87 ↓ -83%
sentara health exchange $76.89 ↓ -77%
sentara health hmo $101.16 ↓ -70%
sentara health ppo $101.16 ↓ -70%
cigna hmo $141.45 ↓ -57%
cigna ppo $141.45 ↓ -57%
cigna exchange $141.45 ↓ -57%
carefirst hmo $203.35 ↓ -39%
carefirst ppo $226.25 ↓ -32%
aetna ppo $377.09 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $377.09 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $395.74 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $417.72 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $417.72 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $517.92 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $517.92 ↑ +56%

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Chrom analysis at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $332.00 $34.81 – $417.72
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $332.00 $34.81 – $417.72
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $332.00 $34.81 – $417.72
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $332.00 $34.81 – $417.72
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $681.00 $30.29 – $37.25
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $30.29 – $50.47
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $30.29 – $155.64
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $26.73 – $37.25

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