Ecg external < 48 hours recording 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

$286.00

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$572.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$84.50 with anthem vs $446.16 with kaiser — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
anthem medicaid advantage $84.50 ↓ -70%
united medicaid advantage $86.19 ↓ -70%
sentara health medicaid advantage $87.04 ↓ -70%
humana medicaid advantage $87.88 ↓ -69%
aetna medicaid advantage $88.73 ↓ -69%
kaiser medicaid advantage $92.95 ↓ -68%
aetna medicare advantage $128.90 ↓ -55%
united medicare advantage $128.90 ↓ -55%
anthem medicare advantage $128.90 ↓ -55%
sentara health medicare advantage $131.48 ↓ -54%
kaiser medicare advantage $134.06 ↓ -53%
cigna medicare advantage $134.06 ↓ -53%
humana medicare advantage $141.79 ↓ -50%
carefirst hmo $204.92 ↓ -28%
carefirst ppo $215.64 ↓ -25%
cigna exchange $255.00 ↓ -11%
anthem exchange hmo $302.45 ↑ +6%
sentara health exchange $322.66 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $324.84 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $324.84 ↑ +14%
united exchange $326.00 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $340.91 ↑ +19%
anthem hmo $348.62 ↑ +22%
anthem ppo $348.62 ↑ +22%
innovation fully insured $359.85 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $359.85 ↑ +26%
cigna ppo $369.40 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $369.40 ↑ +29%
united nonoptions $419.00 ↑ +47%
united options $419.00 ↑ +47%
sentara health ppo $424.51 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $424.51 ↑ +48%
kaiser hmo $446.16 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $446.16 ↑ +56%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Ecg external < 48 hours recording at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $286.00 $84.50 – $359.85
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $286.00 $84.50 – $359.85
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $286.00 $84.50 – $359.85
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $286.00 $84.50 – $359.85
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA not published $211.47 – $211.47
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles not published $211.47 – $211.47

All Virginia hospitals for this procedure →