Parathyroid planar imaging 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

$867.00

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.

$1,734.00

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.

$401.83 with anthem vs $1,440.58 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 medicare advantage $401.83 ↓ -54%
united medicare advantage $401.83 ↓ -54%
aetna medicare advantage $401.83 ↓ -54%
sentara health medicare advantage $409.87 ↓ -53%
kaiser medicare advantage $417.90 ↓ -52%
cigna medicare advantage $417.90 ↓ -52%
humana medicare advantage $442.01 ↓ -49%
carefirst hmo $753.25 ↓ -13%
cigna exchange $773.02 ↓ -11%
carefirst ppo $817.25 ↓ -6%
united nonoptions $866.23 ↓ -0%
united exchange $866.23 ↓ -0%
united options $866.23 ↓ -0%
anthem exchange hmo $942.83 ↑ +9%
sentara health exchange $978.13 ↑ +13%
aetna ppo $984.74 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $984.74 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $1,033.46 ↑ +19%
anthem ppo $1,086.76 ↑ +25%
anthem hmo $1,086.76 ↑ +25%
cigna ppo $1,119.82 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $1,119.82 ↑ +29%
innovation self insured $1,142.71 ↑ +32%
innovation fully insured $1,142.71 ↑ +32%
sentara health ppo $1,286.89 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $1,286.89 ↑ +48%
anthem medicaid advantage $1,309.62 ↑ +51%
united medicaid advantage $1,335.81 ↑ +54%
sentara health medicaid advantage $1,348.91 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $1,352.52 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $1,352.52 ↑ +56%
humana medicaid advantage $1,362.00 ↑ +57%
aetna medicaid advantage $1,375.10 ↑ +59%
kaiser medicaid advantage $1,440.58 ↑ +66%

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Parathyroid planar imaging at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $867.00 $401.83 – $1,142.71
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $867.00 $401.83 – $1,142.71
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $867.00 $401.83 – $1,142.71
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $867.00 $401.83 – $1,142.71
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $6,091.00 $153.77 – $848.52
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $1,497.00 $127.06 – $848.52
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $3,580.00 $166.24 – $848.52
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA $2,601.55 $138.68 – $1,334.80

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