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CT Angiogram of the Head 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

$992.00

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.

$1,984.00

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.

$178.02 with united vs $2,969.03 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
united medicare advantage $178.02 ↓ -82%
anthem medicare advantage $178.02 ↓ -82%
aetna medicare advantage $178.02 ↓ -82%
sentara health medicare advantage $181.58 ↓ -82%
kaiser medicare advantage $185.14 ↓ -81%
cigna medicare advantage $185.14 ↓ -81%
humana medicare advantage $195.82 ↓ -80%
united options $410.47 ↓ -59%
united exchange $410.47 ↓ -59%
united nonoptions $410.47 ↓ -59%
anthem exchange hmo $417.69 ↓ -58%
anthem hmo $481.45 ↓ -51%
anthem ppo $481.45 ↓ -51%
anthem medicaid advantage $568.82 ↓ -43%
united medicaid advantage $580.20 ↓ -42%
sentara health medicaid advantage $585.88 ↓ -41%
humana medicaid advantage $591.57 ↓ -40%
aetna medicaid advantage $597.26 ↓ -40%
kaiser medicaid advantage $625.70 ↓ -37%
sentara health exchange $1,044.19 ↑ +5%
sentara health hmo $1,373.81 ↑ +38%
sentara health ppo $1,373.81 ↑ +38%
innovation fully insured $1,432.00 ↑ +44%
aetna fannie-mae $1,486.66 ↑ +50%
kaiser ppo $1,547.52 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $1,547.52 ↑ +56%
innovation self insured $1,724.00 ↑ +74%
aetna hmo $1,739.00 ↑ +75%
aetna ppo $1,739.00 ↑ +75%
carefirst hmo $1,848.55 ↑ +86%
carefirst ppo $2,005.61 ↑ +102%
cigna hmo $2,969.03 ↑ +199%
cigna exchange $2,969.03 ↑ +199%
cigna ppo $2,969.03 ↑ +199%

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CT Angiogram of the Head at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $992.00 $178.02 – $1,848.55
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $992.00 $178.02 – $1,848.55
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $992.00 $178.02 – $1,848.55
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $992.00 $178.02 – $1,848.55

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