Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12034 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

$971.50

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.

$1,943.00

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.

$399.53 with aetna vs $3,645.00 with aetna — 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 $399.53 ↓ -59%
united medicare advantage $399.53 ↓ -59%
anthem medicare advantage $399.53 ↓ -59%
sentara health medicare advantage $407.52 ↓ -58%
kaiser medicare advantage $415.51 ↓ -57%
cigna medicare advantage $415.51 ↓ -57%
humana medicare advantage $439.48 ↓ -55%
anthem medicaid advantage $563.84 ↓ -42%
united medicaid advantage $575.12 ↓ -41%
sentara health medicaid advantage $580.76 ↓ -40%
humana medicaid advantage $586.39 ↓ -40%
aetna medicaid advantage $592.03 ↓ -39%
kaiser medicaid advantage $620.22 ↓ -36%
sentara health exchange $883.55 ↓ -9%
anthem exchange hmo $937.43 ↓ -4%
carefirst hmo $1,043.00 ↑ +7%
carefirst ppo $1,054.00 ↑ +8%
anthem hmo $1,080.54 ↑ +11%
anthem ppo $1,080.54 ↑ +11%
united exchange $1,127.36 ↑ +16%
sentara health ppo $1,162.45 ↑ +20%
sentara health hmo $1,162.45 ↑ +20%
united options $1,269.99 ↑ +31%
united nonoptions $1,269.99 ↑ +31%
kaiser hmo $1,515.54 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $1,515.54 ↑ +56%
innovation fully insured $2,149.00 ↑ +121%
innovation self insured $2,589.00 ↑ +166%
cigna exchange $2,763.00 ↑ +184%
aetna fannie-mae $3,116.15 ↑ +221%
cigna hmo $3,580.00 ↑ +269%
cigna ppo $3,580.00 ↑ +269%
aetna ppo $3,645.00 ↑ +275%
aetna hmo $3,645.00 ↑ +275%

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Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12034 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $971.50 $399.53 – $2,149.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $971.50 $399.53 – $2,149.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $971.50 $399.53 – $2,149.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $971.50 $399.53 – $2,149.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $296.55 $177.75 – $864.65
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $296.55 $177.75 – $864.65
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $584.00 $404.56 – $1,571.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $625.00 $404.56 – $3,486.00

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