Cryptococcus abs qn - sendout 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

$111.00

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.

$222.00

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.

$13.38 with anthem vs $173.16 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
anthem medicaid advantage $13.38 ↓ -88%
united medicaid advantage $13.65 ↓ -88%
sentara health medicaid advantage $13.78 ↓ -88%
humana medicaid advantage $13.92 ↓ -87%
aetna medicaid advantage $14.05 ↓ -87%
anthem hmo $14.41 ↓ -87%
united medicare advantage $14.41 ↓ -87%
united options $14.41 ↓ -87%
united nonoptions $14.41 ↓ -87%
united exchange $14.41 ↓ -87%
aetna medicare advantage $14.41 ↓ -87%
anthem ppo $14.41 ↓ -87%
anthem exchange hmo $14.41 ↓ -87%
anthem medicare advantage $14.41 ↓ -87%
sentara health medicare advantage $14.70 ↓ -87%
kaiser medicaid advantage $14.72 ↓ -87%
kaiser medicare advantage $14.99 ↓ -86%
cigna medicare advantage $14.99 ↓ -86%
humana medicare advantage $15.85 ↓ -86%
sentara health exchange $31.83 ↓ -71%
sentara health hmo $41.88 ↓ -62%
sentara health ppo $41.88 ↓ -62%
cigna hmo $58.58 ↓ -47%
cigna ppo $58.58 ↓ -47%
cigna exchange $58.58 ↓ -47%
carefirst hmo $91.23 ↓ -18%
carefirst ppo $101.51 ↓ -9%
aetna ppo $126.07 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $126.07 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $132.31 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $139.66 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $139.66 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $173.16 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $173.16 ↑ +56%

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Cryptococcus abs qn - sendout at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $585.00 $12.54 – $20.89
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $111.00 $13.38 – $139.66
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $111.00 $13.38 – $139.66
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $111.00 $13.38 – $139.66
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $111.00 $13.38 – $139.66
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $359.00 $12.54 – $64.43
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $219.00 $12.54 – $15.42
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg $162.00 $14.31 – $58.27

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