M/phmtrc alysishquant/semiq 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

$239.50

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.

$479.00

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.

$46.88 with anthem vs $373.62 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.

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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
anthem medicaid advantage $46.88 ↓ -80%
united medicaid advantage $47.82 ↓ -80%
sentara health medicaid advantage $48.29 ↓ -80%
humana medicaid advantage $48.76 ↓ -80%
aetna medicaid advantage $49.22 ↓ -79%
kaiser medicaid advantage $51.57 ↓ -78%
united options $84.79 ↓ -65%
united nonoptions $84.79 ↓ -65%
united exchange $84.79 ↓ -65%
sentara health exchange $188.59 ↓ -21%
sentara health ppo $248.13 ↑ +4%
sentara health hmo $248.13 ↑ +4%
carefirst hmo $263.45 ↑ +10%
aetna ppo $272.02 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $272.02 ↑ +14%
carefirst ppo $277.82 ↑ +16%
aetna fannie-mae $285.48 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $301.34 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $301.34 ↑ +26%
cigna hmo $368.95 ↑ +54%
cigna ppo $368.95 ↑ +54%
cigna exchange $368.95 ↑ +54%
kaiser ppo $373.62 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $373.62 ↑ +56%

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M/phmtrc alysishquant/semiq at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $239.50 $46.88 – $368.95
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $239.50 $46.88 – $368.95
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $239.50 $46.88 – $368.95
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $239.50 $46.88 – $368.95
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $85.84 – $484.57
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $85.84 – $404.88
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $85.84 – $365.16
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $85.84 – $368.25

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