Plcmt sft tiss loc pq w/img 1st lsn 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

$2,198.00

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.

$4,396.00

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.

$703.59 with aetna 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
aetna medicare advantage $703.59 ↓ -68%
anthem medicare advantage $703.59 ↓ -68%
united medicare advantage $703.59 ↓ -68%
sentara health medicare advantage $717.66 ↓ -67%
kaiser medicare advantage $731.73 ↓ -67%
cigna medicare advantage $731.73 ↓ -67%
humana medicare advantage $773.95 ↓ -65%
carefirst hmo $943.00 ↓ -57%
carefirst ppo $953.00 ↓ -57%
sentara health exchange $1,285.16 ↓ -42%
anthem medicaid advantage $1,599.93 ↓ -27%
united medicaid advantage $1,631.93 ↓ -26%
sentara health medicaid advantage $1,647.93 ↓ -25%
anthem exchange hmo $1,650.85 ↓ -25%
humana medicaid advantage $1,663.93 ↓ -24%
aetna medicaid advantage $1,679.93 ↓ -24%
sentara health ppo $1,690.84 ↓ -23%
sentara health hmo $1,690.84 ↓ -23%
kaiser hmo $1,714.44 ↓ -22%
kaiser ppo $1,714.44 ↓ -22%
united exchange $1,719.12 ↓ -22%
kaiser medicaid advantage $1,759.92 ↓ -20%
anthem hmo $1,902.87 ↓ -13%
anthem ppo $1,902.87 ↓ -13%
united options $1,935.37 ↓ -12%
united nonoptions $1,935.37 ↓ -12%
innovation fully insured $2,149.00 ↓ -2%
innovation self insured $2,589.00 ↑ +18%
cigna exchange $2,763.00 ↑ +26%
aetna fannie-mae $3,116.15 ↑ +42%
cigna ppo $3,580.00 ↑ +63%
cigna hmo $3,580.00 ↑ +63%
aetna hmo $3,645.00 ↑ +66%
aetna ppo $3,645.00 ↑ +66%

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Plcmt sft tiss loc pq w/img 1st lsn at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $2,198.00 $703.59 – $2,149.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $2,198.00 $703.59 – $2,149.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $2,198.00 $703.59 – $2,149.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $2,198.00 $703.59 – $2,149.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $315.30 $568.95 – $1,506.19
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $315.30 $690.91 – $1,506.19
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $1,053.50 $704.73 – $1,571.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $999.50 $704.73 – $778.00

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