Fetal cord puncture prenatal 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

$1,016.50

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.

$2,033.00

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.

$304.19 with aetna vs $3,563.00 with carefirst — 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 $304.19 ↓ -70%
anthem medicare advantage $304.19 ↓ -70%
united medicare advantage $304.19 ↓ -70%
sentara health medicare advantage $310.27 ↓ -69%
cigna medicare advantage $316.36 ↓ -69%
kaiser medicare advantage $316.36 ↓ -69%
humana medicare advantage $334.61 ↓ -67%
anthem exchange hmo $713.73 ↓ -30%
anthem hmo $822.69 ↓ -19%
anthem ppo $822.69 ↓ -19%
anthem medicaid advantage $851.18 ↓ -16%
united medicaid advantage $868.20 ↓ -15%
sentara health medicaid advantage $876.72 ↓ -14%
sentara health exchange $883.55 ↓ -13%
humana medicaid advantage $885.23 ↓ -13%
aetna medicaid advantage $893.74 ↓ -12%
cigna exchange $929.08 ↓ -9%
kaiser medicaid advantage $936.30 ↓ -8%
united exchange $1,127.36 ↑ +11%
aetna hmo $1,154.54 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $1,154.54 ↑ +14%
sentara health ppo $1,162.45 ↑ +14%
sentara health hmo $1,162.45 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $1,211.67 ↑ +19%
united options $1,269.99 ↑ +25%
united nonoptions $1,269.99 ↑ +25%
innovation fully insured $1,278.96 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $1,278.96 ↑ +26%
cigna ppo $1,312.91 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $1,312.91 ↑ +29%
kaiser ppo $1,585.74 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $1,585.74 ↑ +56%
carefirst hmo $3,529.00 ↑ +247%
carefirst ppo $3,563.00 ↑ +251%

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Fetal cord puncture prenatal at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,016.50 $304.19 – $3,529.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,016.50 $304.19 – $3,529.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,016.50 $304.19 – $3,529.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,016.50 $304.19 – $3,529.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $1,029.50 $303.27 – $2,845.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $1,101.50 $303.27 – $3,988.00
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $1,440.00 $305.67 – $314.66
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $1,101.50 $303.27 – $5,220.00

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