Pt evaluation moderate complexity patient/family 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

$212.50

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.

$425.00

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.

$110.07 with anthem vs $582.98 with united — 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 ppo $110.07 ↓ -48%
anthem hmo $110.07 ↓ -48%
anthem exchange hmo $110.07 ↓ -48%
sentara health exchange $120.48 ↓ -43%
sentara health ppo $158.52 ↓ -25%
sentara health hmo $158.52 ↓ -25%
carefirst hmo $168.00 ↓ -21%
carefirst ppo $171.60 ↓ -19%
cigna exchange $189.47 ↓ -11%
aetna ppo $241.36 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $241.36 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $253.30 ↑ +19%
innovation self insured $267.37 ↑ +26%
innovation fully insured $267.37 ↑ +26%
cigna ppo $274.47 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $274.47 ↑ +29%
kaiser ppo $331.50 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $331.50 ↑ +56%
anthem medicaid advantage $335.45 ↑ +58%
united medicaid advantage $342.16 ↑ +61%
sentara health medicaid advantage $345.51 ↑ +63%
humana medicaid advantage $348.87 ↑ +64%
aetna medicaid advantage $352.22 ↑ +66%
kaiser medicaid advantage $369.00 ↑ +74%
united exchange $463.05 ↑ +118%
united options $582.98 ↑ +174%
united nonoptions $582.98 ↑ +174%

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Pt evaluation moderate complexity patient/family at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $1,306.00 $82.48 – $94.13
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $212.50 $110.07 – $348.87
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $212.50 $110.07 – $348.87
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $212.50 $110.07 – $348.87
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $212.50 $110.07 – $348.87
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $753.00 $72.78 – $92.96
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL $997.00 $82.48 – $117.29
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg $710.64 $86.88 – $97.04

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