Lymph vessel x-ray arms/legs 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

$1,186.50

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.

$2,373.00

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.

$989.94 with carefirst vs $4,201.32 with anthem — 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
carefirst hmo $989.94 ↓ -17%
cigna exchange $1,057.88 ↓ -11%
carefirst ppo $1,074.05 ↓ -9%
sentara health exchange $1,338.58 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $1,347.63 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $1,347.63 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $1,414.31 ↑ +19%
cigna hmo $1,532.48 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $1,532.48 ↑ +29%
anthem medicare advantage $1,553.44 ↑ +31%
united medicare advantage $1,553.44 ↑ +31%
aetna medicare advantage $1,553.44 ↑ +31%
innovation self insured $1,563.81 ↑ +32%
innovation fully insured $1,563.81 ↑ +32%
sentara health medicare advantage $1,584.51 ↑ +34%
kaiser medicare advantage $1,615.58 ↑ +36%
cigna medicare advantage $1,615.58 ↑ +36%
anthem medicaid advantage $1,624.77 ↑ +37%
united medicaid advantage $1,657.27 ↑ +40%
sentara health medicaid advantage $1,673.51 ↑ +41%
humana medicaid advantage $1,689.76 ↑ +42%
aetna medicaid advantage $1,706.01 ↑ +44%
humana medicare advantage $1,708.78 ↑ +44%
sentara health ppo $1,761.12 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $1,761.12 ↑ +48%
kaiser medicaid advantage $1,787.25 ↑ +51%
kaiser hmo $1,850.94 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $1,850.94 ↑ +56%
united options $3,231.36 ↑ +172%
united exchange $3,231.36 ↑ +172%
united nonoptions $3,231.36 ↑ +172%
anthem exchange hmo $3,644.88 ↑ +207%
anthem hmo $4,201.32 ↑ +254%
anthem ppo $4,201.32 ↑ +254%

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Lymph vessel x-ray arms/legs at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,186.50 $989.94 – $1,689.76
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,186.50 $989.94 – $1,689.76
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,186.50 $989.94 – $1,689.76
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,186.50 $989.94 – $1,689.76
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $278.99 – $3,163.82
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $166.16 – $3,163.82
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $228.29 – $3,163.82
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $188.63 – $3,163.82

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