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Pregnancy Ultrasound (first trimester) 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

$654.00

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.

$1,308.00

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.

$106.34 with united vs $1,020.24 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
united medicare advantage $106.34 ↓ -84%
anthem medicare advantage $106.34 ↓ -84%
aetna medicare advantage $106.34 ↓ -84%
sentara health medicare advantage $108.47 ↓ -83%
kaiser medicare advantage $110.59 ↓ -83%
cigna medicare advantage $110.59 ↓ -83%
humana medicare advantage $116.97 ↓ -82%
anthem medicaid advantage $143.89 ↓ -78%
united medicaid advantage $146.77 ↓ -78%
sentara health medicaid advantage $148.21 ↓ -77%
humana medicaid advantage $149.65 ↓ -77%
aetna medicaid advantage $151.08 ↓ -77%
kaiser medicaid advantage $158.28 ↓ -76%
anthem exchange hmo $249.52 ↓ -62%
united options $250.18 ↓ -62%
united exchange $250.18 ↓ -62%
united nonoptions $250.18 ↓ -62%
anthem hmo $287.61 ↓ -56%
anthem ppo $287.61 ↓ -56%
carefirst hmo $479.44 ↓ -27%
carefirst ppo $520.18 ↓ -20%
cigna exchange $583.11 ↓ -11%
sentara health exchange $737.83 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $742.81 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $742.81 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $779.57 ↑ +19%
cigna hmo $844.71 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $844.71 ↑ +29%
innovation fully insured $861.97 ↑ +32%
innovation self insured $861.97 ↑ +32%
sentara health hmo $970.73 ↑ +48%
sentara health ppo $970.73 ↑ +48%
kaiser ppo $1,020.24 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $1,020.24 ↑ +56%

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Pregnancy Ultrasound (first trimester) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $654.00 $106.34 – $861.97
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $654.00 $106.34 – $861.97
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $654.00 $106.34 – $861.97
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $654.00 $106.34 – $861.97

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