Exc sq tum/neck/ant thorax 3cm/> 21552 at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
3600 Joseph Siewick Drive Fairfax, VA 22033-1709, VA · Inova · · NPI 1760513980
$8,299.00
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$16,598.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$2,862.05 with united vs $12,946.44 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| united | medicare advantage | $2,862.05 | ↓ -66% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $2,862.05 | ↓ -66% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $2,862.05 | ↓ -66% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $2,919.29 | ↓ -65% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $2,976.53 | ↓ -64% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $2,976.53 | ↓ -64% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $3,148.26 | ↓ -62% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $3,327.83 | ↓ -60% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $3,394.39 | ↓ -59% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $3,427.66 | ↓ -59% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $3,460.94 | ↓ -58% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $3,494.22 | ↓ -58% |
| innovation | fully insured | $3,508.00 | ↓ -58% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $3,660.61 | ↓ -56% |
| sentara health | exchange | $3,855.49 | ↓ -54% |
| innovation | self insured | $4,227.00 | ↓ -49% |
| carefirst | hmo | $4,413.00 | ↓ -47% |
| carefirst | ppo | $4,455.00 | ↓ -46% |
| sentara health | ppo | $5,072.52 | ↓ -39% |
| sentara health | hmo | $5,072.52 | ↓ -39% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $5,091.48 | ↓ -39% |
| united | exchange | $5,470.40 | ↓ -34% |
| aetna | ppo | $5,955.00 | ↓ -28% |
| aetna | hmo | $5,955.00 | ↓ -28% |
| united | options | $6,158.37 | ↓ -26% |
| united | nonoptions | $6,158.37 | ↓ -26% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $6,715.31 | ↓ -19% |
| anthem | hmo | $7,740.49 | ↓ -7% |
| anthem | ppo | $7,740.49 | ↓ -7% |
| cigna | exchange | $8,545.00 | ↑ +3% |
| cigna | ppo | $11,070.00 | ↑ +33% |
| cigna | hmo | $11,070.00 | ↑ +33% |
| kaiser | ppo | $12,946.44 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | hmo | $12,946.44 | ↑ +56% |
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Exc sq tum/neck/ant thorax 3cm/> 21552 at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $8,299.00 | $2,862.05 – $4,413.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $8,299.00 | $2,862.05 – $4,413.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $8,299.00 | $2,862.05 – $4,413.00 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $8,299.00 | $2,862.05 – $4,413.00 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $1,322.00 | $2,890.77 – $6,716.00 |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | $5,758.00 | $2,890.77 – $10,469.00 |
| Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital | South Boston | $5,758.00 | $2,913.65 – $2,999.35 |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital | Norfolk | $5,758.00 | $2,890.77 – $13,700.00 |