Ghs sphenopalatine ganglion block 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

$1,748.00

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.

$3,496.00

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.

$295.19 with aetna vs $2,678.00 with cigna — 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 $295.19 ↓ -83%
united medicare advantage $295.19 ↓ -83%
anthem medicare advantage $295.19 ↓ -83%
sentara health medicare advantage $301.09 ↓ -83%
cigna medicare advantage $307.00 ↓ -82%
kaiser medicare advantage $307.00 ↓ -82%
humana medicare advantage $324.71 ↓ -81%
anthem medicaid advantage $577.13 ↓ -67%
united medicaid advantage $588.67 ↓ -66%
sentara health medicaid advantage $594.44 ↓ -66%
humana medicaid advantage $600.22 ↓ -66%
aetna medicaid advantage $605.99 ↓ -65%
kaiser medicaid advantage $634.84 ↓ -64%
anthem exchange hmo $692.62 ↓ -60%
anthem hmo $798.36 ↓ -54%
anthem ppo $798.36 ↓ -54%
sentara health exchange $883.55 ↓ -49%
carefirst hmo $1,043.00 ↓ -40%
carefirst ppo $1,054.00 ↓ -40%
united exchange $1,127.36 ↓ -36%
sentara health ppo $1,162.45 ↓ -33%
sentara health hmo $1,162.45 ↓ -33%
united options $1,269.99 ↓ -27%
united nonoptions $1,269.99 ↓ -27%
kaiser hmo $1,363.44 ↓ -22%
kaiser ppo $1,363.44 ↓ -22%
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↓ -14%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↑ +4%
cigna exchange $2,067.00 ↑ +18%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↑ +25%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +47%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +47%
cigna hmo $2,678.00 ↑ +53%
cigna ppo $2,678.00 ↑ +53%

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Ghs sphenopalatine ganglion block at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,748.00 $295.19 – $1,509.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,748.00 $295.19 – $1,509.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,748.00 $295.19 – $1,509.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,748.00 $295.19 – $1,509.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $532.50 $305.48 – $1,010.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $570.00 $305.48 – $2,603.00
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $745.00 $307.90 – $316.95
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $570.00 $305.48 – $3,408.00

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