Pq dr cath chg w cont s&i 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

$263.50

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.

$527.00

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.

$234.94 with cigna vs $442.69 with carefirst — 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
cigna exchange $234.94 ↓ -11%
anthem medicaid advantage $294.34 ↑ +12%
united exchange $295.25 ↑ +12%
sentara health exchange $297.27 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $299.28 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $299.28 ↑ +14%
united medicaid advantage $300.23 ↑ +14%
sentara health medicaid advantage $303.17 ↑ +15%
humana medicaid advantage $306.11 ↑ +16%
aetna medicaid advantage $309.06 ↑ +17%
aetna fannie-mae $314.09 ↑ +19%
kaiser medicaid advantage $323.77 ↑ +23%
cigna ppo $340.34 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $340.34 ↑ +29%
innovation fully insured $347.29 ↑ +32%
innovation self insured $347.29 ↑ +32%
united nonoptions $362.08 ↑ +37%
united options $362.08 ↑ +37%
sentara health ppo $391.11 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $391.11 ↑ +48%
carefirst hmo $408.02 ↑ +55%
kaiser hmo $411.06 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $411.06 ↑ +56%
carefirst ppo $442.69 ↑ +68%

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Pq dr cath chg w cont s&i at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $263.50 $234.94 – $408.02
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $263.50 $234.94 – $408.02
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $263.50 $234.94 – $408.02
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $263.50 $234.94 – $408.02
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $4,091.00 $113.35 – $113.35
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $1,376.00 $155.73 – $155.73
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $1,363.00 $128.67 – $128.67
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg $872.56 $94.84 – $94.84

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