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Drain finger abscess;simple 26010 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

$543.50

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.

$1,087.00

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.

$198.70 with aetna vs $1,269.99 with united — 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 $198.70 ↓ -63%
anthem medicare advantage $198.70 ↓ -63%
united medicare advantage $198.70 ↓ -63%
sentara health medicare advantage $202.67 ↓ -63%
cigna medicare advantage $206.65 ↓ -62%
kaiser medicare advantage $206.65 ↓ -62%
humana medicare advantage $218.57 ↓ -60%
anthem medicaid advantage $251.22 ↓ -54%
united medicaid advantage $256.24 ↓ -53%
sentara health medicaid advantage $258.76 ↓ -52%
humana medicaid advantage $261.27 ↓ -52%
aetna medicaid advantage $263.78 ↓ -51%
kaiser medicaid advantage $276.34 ↓ -49%
anthem exchange hmo $466.23 ↓ -14%
cigna exchange $496.76 ↓ -9%
anthem ppo $537.40 ↓ -1%
anthem hmo $537.40 ↓ -1%
aetna ppo $617.31 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $617.31 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $647.85 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $683.83 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $683.83 ↑ +26%
cigna hmo $701.98 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $701.98 ↑ +29%
kaiser hmo $847.86 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $847.86 ↑ +56%
sentara health exchange $883.55 ↑ +63%
carefirst hmo $1,043.00 ↑ +92%
carefirst ppo $1,054.00 ↑ +94%
united exchange $1,127.36 ↑ +107%
sentara health hmo $1,162.45 ↑ +114%
sentara health ppo $1,162.45 ↑ +114%
united nonoptions $1,269.99 ↑ +134%
united options $1,269.99 ↑ +134%

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Drain finger abscess;simple 26010 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $543.50 $198.70 – $1,043.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $543.50 $198.70 – $1,043.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $543.50 $198.70 – $1,043.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $543.50 $198.70 – $1,043.00

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