Neurolysis celiac plexus 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

$1,235.50

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.

$2,471.00

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.

$890.29 with anthem 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
anthem medicare advantage $890.29 ↓ -28%
aetna medicare advantage $890.29 ↓ -28%
united medicare advantage $890.29 ↓ -28%
sentara health medicare advantage $908.10 ↓ -26%
cigna medicare advantage $925.90 ↓ -25%
kaiser medicare advantage $925.90 ↓ -25%
humana medicare advantage $979.32 ↓ -21%
sentara health exchange $1,285.16 ↑ +4%
sentara health ppo $1,690.84 ↑ +37%
sentara health hmo $1,690.84 ↑ +37%
united exchange $1,719.12 ↑ +39%
kaiser ppo $1,927.38 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $1,927.38 ↑ +56%
united nonoptions $1,935.37 ↑ +57%
united options $1,935.37 ↑ +57%
anthem exchange hmo $2,088.92 ↑ +69%
anthem medicaid advantage $2,112.51 ↑ +71%
innovation fully insured $2,149.00 ↑ +74%
united medicaid advantage $2,154.76 ↑ +74%
sentara health medicaid advantage $2,175.89 ↑ +76%
humana medicaid advantage $2,197.01 ↑ +78%
aetna medicaid advantage $2,218.14 ↑ +80%
kaiser medicaid advantage $2,323.76 ↑ +88%
anthem hmo $2,407.81 ↑ +95%
anthem ppo $2,407.81 ↑ +95%
innovation self insured $2,589.00 ↑ +110%
cigna exchange $2,763.00 ↑ +124%
aetna fannie-mae $3,116.15 ↑ +152%
carefirst hmo $3,529.00 ↑ +186%
carefirst ppo $3,563.00 ↑ +188%
cigna hmo $3,580.00 ↑ +190%
cigna ppo $3,580.00 ↑ +190%
aetna ppo $3,645.00 ↑ +195%
aetna hmo $3,645.00 ↑ +195%

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Neurolysis celiac plexus at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,235.50 $890.29 – $3,529.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,235.50 $890.29 – $3,529.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,235.50 $890.29 – $3,529.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,235.50 $890.29 – $3,529.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $528.15 $667.61 – $1,881.27
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $528.15 $862.97 – $1,881.27
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $753.00 $880.23 – $1,571.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $1,950.00 $880.23 – $3,486.00

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